Shantha Marie Fountain (Qwerky Girl) has been at 123 events

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for July 26th. This is a Public event open to all - join us in capturing a current self portrait!
*Theme*: "Let's Play Dress-up!" Break out your wigs, masks, costumes, makeup and whatever else you're inspired to use along the lines of this theme.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday: http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Please only post one photo to the event. That photo should be taken during the event weekend, or the week prior to the event. Please no dipping into the archives. Your photo can be taken from Monday, July 20th up until Monday morning, July 27th. (Older photos posted will be removed from the event.)
The event will be open for uploading photos at 8:00 PM Central on the Saturday before. Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
As always, have some fun!
Everyone is looking forward to some great self portraits. :-)
Any questions? We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way. Drop in and ask questions: http://goo.gl/W69Ohj
Thank you to @104171073728014545908 for letting us use her image in this week's header! Maybe we'll use yours next time. :)
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#selfysunday #selfiesunday #selfportraiture #selfportrait #photography

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for July 12th. This is a Public event open to all - join us in capturing a current self portrait!
*Theme*: No theme this week!
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday: http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Please only post one photo to the event. That photo should be taken during the event weekend, or the week prior to the event. Please no dipping into the archives. Your photo can be taken from Monday, July 6th up until Monday morning, July 13th. (Older photos posted will be removed from the event.)
The event will be open for uploading photos at 8:00 PM Central on the Saturday before. Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
As always, have some fun!
Everyone is looking forward to some great self portraits. :-)
Any questions? We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way. Drop in and ask questions: http://goo.gl/W69Ohj
Thank you to @106454850676445272777 for letting us use his image (from the last event: https://goo.gl/JfZQt2) in this week's header! Maybe we'll use yours next time. :)
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#selfysunday #selfiesunday #selfportraiture #selfportrait #photography

This is the Event for our June Self Portrait Challenge: "Minimalism"
A Minimalist self portrait image contains very little other than you or a part of you - there are very few or no props or background elements at all in the image. Often, the composition includes a great deal of negative space.
Here is where you enter your ONE "Minimalism" Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST June 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) *Please read all rules (scroll down).* _Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified._
*Tips & Inspiration*
Here are some great examples for you to be inspired by:
The Minimalist Gallery on Flickr: https://goo.gl/SkGOWC
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
*Sponsor*
This month's sponsor is @118357019708110162087!
Organize, protect, and beautifully present your photos online with SmugMug. Their pre-made photo websites and simple design tools let you quickly personalize a site as pretty as your pictures. With secure cloud storage, simple sharing tools, easy print ordering, and 24/7/365 real-human support, we invite you to discover why SmugMug is the world’s leading independent photo sharing service. Membership begins at less than $5/month.
Visit the Website: http://www.smugmug.com/
SmugMug on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SmugMug
*Please circle*@118357019708110162087 - we love their products and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. _Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner._ :)
*Prizes*
1st Place: 1 year Portfolio Acct. & Hoodie
2nd Place: 1 Year Power Acct. & T-shirt
3rd Place: 1 Year Basic Acct. & Hat
View the account features: http://www.smugmug.com/features
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
~Enter Only Your Own Work
~Enter Only ONE Photo
~Only SELF PORTRAITS
~Must adhere to this month's theme.
~Photo Must Be Tasteful/Artistic
~No Graphic Violence or Otherwise Offensive Content
~Photo Must Be Taken in June 2015 (EXIF data must reflect this)
~Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
~No More Than 3 Wins Total
~Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
~Circle Our Prize Sponsors
~No Trickery or Spamming
~We Reserve The Right T

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for June 28. This is a Public event open to all - join us in capturing a current self portrait!
*Theme*: Close-Up
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for "Selfie Sunday": http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Please only post one photo to the event. That photo should be taken during the event weekend, or the week prior to the event. Please no dipping into the archives. Your photo can be taken from Monday, June 22nd up until Monday morning, June 29. (Older photos posted will be removed from the event.)
The event will be open for uploading photos at 8:00 PM Central on the Saturday before. Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
As always, have some fun!
Everyone is looking forward to some great self portraits. :-)
Any questions? We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way. Drop in and ask questions: http://goo.gl/W69Ohj
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#selfysunday #selfiesunday #selfportraiture #selfportrait #photography #closeup

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for June 14th. This is a Public event open to all - join us in capturing a current self portrait!
*Theme*: No theme this week - have fun!
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday: http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Please only post one photo to the event. That photo should be taken during the event weekend, or the week prior to the event. Please no dipping into the archives. Your photo can be taken from Monday, May 8th up until Monday morning, May 15th. (Older photos posted will be removed from the event.)
The event will be open for uploading photos at 8:00 PM Central on the Saturday before. Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
As always, have some fun!
Everyone is looking forward to some great self portraits. :-)
Any questions? We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way. Drop in and ask questions: http://goo.gl/W69Ohj
Thank you to @100797673714931126012 for letting us use his image (from the last event: https://goo.gl/hbwuRP) in this week's header! Maybe we'll use yours next time. :)
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#selfysunday #selfiesunday #selfportraiture #selfportrait #photography

This is the Event for our May Self Portrait Challenge: "The Traveler".
Tolkien said that "not all who wander are lost" - let's explore your traveling/wandering souls this month!
Here is where you enter your ONE "Traveler" Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST May 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) *Please read all rules (scroll down).* _Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified._
*Tips & Inspiration*
There are so many possibilities for this theme - there are many ways to travel and show your wandering spirit. Bike, run, drive, hike, dream that you're flying or just set off on a path into the wilderness. Props will help here, but remember that your personality and creativity are always what make the most difference. Can't wait to see what you guys create!
The Traveler Self Portraiture Gallery on Flickr: https://goo.gl/5gHZ1L
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
Thanks to @107494834634231938072 for the header image on this Event!
*Sponsor*
This month's sponsor is @100266938567862344330
Think Tank Photo is a group of designers and professional photographers focused on studying how photographers work, and developing inventive new carrying solutions to meet their needs. By focusing on “speed” and “accessibility,” they prepare photographers to Be Ready “Before The Moment,” allowing them to document those historic moments that reflect their personal visions and artistic talents.
Visit the Website: http://www.thinktankphoto.com
Think Tank Photo on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thinktankphoto
*Please circle*@100266938567862344330 - we love their products and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. _Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner._ :)
*Prizes*
1st Place: Retrospective 20 Blue http://goo.gl/x5ryYe
2nd Place: CityWalker 10 Blue http://goo.gl/ZJIp1H
3rd Place: Digital Holster 20 http://goo.gl/4fFcSv
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
~Enter Only Your Own Work
~Enter Only ONE Photo
~Only SELF PORTRAITS
~Must adhere to this month's theme.
~Photo Must Be Tasteful/Artistic
~No Graphic Violence or Otherwise Offensive Content
~Photo Must Be T

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for May 17, 2015. This is a Public event open to all - join us in capturing a current self portrait!
*Theme*: No theme this week - have fun!
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday: http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Please only post one photo to the event. That photo should be taken during the event weekend, or the week prior to the event. Please, no dipping into the archives. Your photo can be taken from Monday, May 11th up until Monday morning, May 18th. (Older photos posted will be removed from the event.)
The event will be open for uploading photos at 8:00 PM Central on the Saturday before. Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images. Feel free to invite others - the more, the merrier!
As always, have some fun!
Everyone is looking forward to some great self portraits. :-)
Any questions? We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way. Drop in and ask questions: http://goo.gl/W69Ohj
Thank you to @106360687191375633839 for letting us use his image (from the last event: https://goo.gl/VSoIHM) in this week's header! Maybe we'll use yours next time. :)
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#selfysunday #selfiesunday #selfportraiture #selfportrait #photography

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for May 3, 2015
*Theme* : All about the money! Show us some bling!
You certainly don't need a lot of money to get this selfie done.
Lots of inspiration around for this theme. Check YouTube.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from April 27/15 before the event up until 8:00 AM EDT Monday May 4/15. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our April Self Portrait Challenge: "Wet." In celebration of "April Showers," but very flexible conceptually, our "Wet" theme allows you to interpret however you like. Get creative - we're looking forward to seeing what you all come up with!
Here is where you enter your ONE "Wet" Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST April 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) *Please read all rules (scroll down).* _Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified._
*Tips & Inspiration*
There are so many possibilities for this theme - will you be underwater, in the rain, or soaking in the tub? Maybe riding some ocean waves or drowning in a lake? The possibilities are endless!
Self Portraiture a la H2O Gallery on Flickr: http://goo.gl/NYwGKM
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
Thanks to @111397628815301589258, one of our talented Moderators, for the header image on this Event!
*Sponsor*
This month's sponsor is @101789561086090624750!
Capturing Couture Camera Straps and accessories are the perfect marriage of *fashion and function*, using only the finest materials, custom made trims and highly functional hardware. The @101789561086090624750 product line is proudly Made in the USA and embodies the highest standards of quality, also including an extensive collection of Guitar straps. The detailed designs are infused with luxe materials, bold and playful color, and premium hardware that beg to be noticed.
Visit the Website: http://www.capturingcouture.com
Capturing Couture on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CapturingCouture
*Please circle*@101789561086090624750 - we love their products and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. _Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner._ :)
*Prizes*
1st Place: camera strap of choice (excluding Peruvian) http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/camera-straps
2nd Place: strap of choice off sale page (limited quantities) http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/the-sale-rack
3rd Place: a Toddy wipe http://goo.gl/3UehSZ and lens cap leash http://goo.gl/eixjHw of choice
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
~Enter

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for April 19, 2015
No theme for this week, the event is open to any ideas so be as creative as you can.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from April 17/15 before the event up until 8:00 AM EDT Monday Apr. 20/15. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfie Sunday Project for April 5, 2015
We are back!
First thing you may notice is "Selfy" has become "Selfie", just a change to keep up with the more recognized spelling of selfie.
A general theme for this week is *New Beginnings* , it's Spring and Selfie Sunday has returned so it seems to fit. If you can't stick to the theme no worries either, since we are freshly back and running any selfie you take is fine.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfie Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from Mar. 30/15 before the event up until 8:00 AM EDT Monday Apr. 6/15. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have many moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture Community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our March Self Portrait Challenge: Multiplicity. What this means is create a self portrait where you appear in the image multiple times (2 or more, your choice). Get creative and think up an interesting scene you can use this effect on and then make your image.
Here is where you enter your ONE Multiplicity Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST March 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tips & Inspiration*
There are several different ways to go about achieving this effect. In camera, you can use a long exposure and move around. Alternately, you can use post processing to create multiples in an image. Photoshop is most widely considered in this type of editing, but other programs can also be used to achieve effect, such as Gimp.
For those with no experience with creating "multiplicity" images with post processing, here are a few resources to help you get started:
Photoshop Multiplicity Tutorial Videos: http://goo.gl/cyTpyZ
Gimp Multiplicity Tutorial Videos: http://goo.gl/hChZ0Q
Examples from Flickr: http://goo.gl/os2P65
Other Examples: http://goo.gl/DqlDtR
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
Thanks to @106324582128454068388, one of the talented moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture, for the image used in this Event's header.
Prizes
*1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
*$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
*@100266938567862344330 Retrospective 20 in Blue http://goo.gl/YNd9qP
*@103681899249590183476 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note tha

This is the Event for our February Self Portrait Challenge: *Love Is...*
There is always quite a divide in feelings about Valentines Day out there, and about Love in general, and we figured that we'd let you guys battle out your feelings about that here on the "Self Portrait Stage" for this Challenge.
Is Love Cruel? Is Love Kind? Is it something else? What is love? Let's see how you can conceptualize this with your self portraits!
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Love Is..." theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST February 28th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
I've thrown some of my own self portraits that would loosely fit this theme into an album here: http://goo.gl/zZHbNG
Here are search results for "love self portrait" on Flickr, a great place to view fine art photography, especially self portraiture: http://goo.gl/LkptQc
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Business http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100266938567862344330 Digital Holster 10 http://goo.gl/8k0xXo
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Strap http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/the-sale-rack
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose Finalists, and then 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in February 2015 (EXIF dat

There are so many of us out here that have image issues and are our own worst critic. I challenge you all to take a picture of a body part (and please keep it somewhat clean everyone) that you think is your best attribute. Take a picture of your arms, hands, feet, knees, hips, etc. that make you feel beautiful. If you think your whole body is beautiful that’s wonderful, just pick one part. I know you all are beautiful so get busy and shoot.
You can do your shot in whatever style you want this is all about your depiction of your beauty, so try abstract, B&W, HDR, whatever tickles your fancy. Mostly have fun and invite anyone you want. Please add at your leisure up to the date and only one photograph please!
Thank you @118149685580234696847 for so graciously letting me use your shots from last year for our banner.

This is the Event for our January Self Portrait Challenge: *Faceless*. What this means is create a self portrait where your face is not the focal point, or even present... use other parts of your body to make a statement this time.
Here is where you enter your ONE Faceless Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST January 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tips & Inspiration*
Your creativity will play a huge part in getting this image right - as will composition.
Thanks to Community moderator @112528921891703025888 for recommending this month's theme - he offered this article as a good read in connection with it: http://www.lightstalking.com/faceless-portrait
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
*1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
*$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
*@100266938567862344330 Citywalker 20 http://goo.gl/TjWfXK
* @101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com and @100424993750772730018 Free One Month Awesome Acct
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in January 2015 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Righ

This is the Event for our December Self Portrait Challenge: Joy! We figured we'd keep it simple and fun for this month since so many are so busy with celebrations and travel of all kinds. So show us how you interpret joy in your life, in the name of good cheer. :)
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Joy" theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST December 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
Prizes
@100266938567862344330 Suburban 30 Shoulder Bag http://goo.gl/QPqWcj
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100424993750772730018 1 Year Awesome Account
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Strap http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/the-sale-rack
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 5 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 5 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 4 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of remaining 3 prizes. 4th place selects choice of remaining 2 prizes. 5th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 4th, & 5th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
Please Remember These Rules:
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in December 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿

This is the Event for our November Self Portrait Challenge: *Cinematic*. What this means is let your images be inspired by the look and feel of moving films, cinema, movies! Basically, they'll look like stills taken from a movie - drama, mystery, and action are all great genres to focus on. Location, lighting and angles will play key roles in your imagery, as well as your post processing technique for color, cropping, and more.
Here is where you enter your ONE Cinematic Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST November 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tips & Inspiration*
Like most things, there are many ways to achieve this kind of look (just as there are many styles of cinema!), so find a style that suits you and work with it. This @111480916026711337375 article has some interesting information that you might enjoy: http://goo.gl/KhWR79
A good thing to remember when creating your image is that _movies tell stories_. As such, the story being told by your photo will have a huge impact on how "good" the finished product is - does your one image effectively pack the punch to tell a story? I think that the greatest cinematic images have great scene, lighting, angles, post processing (color, cropping, etc) and ALSO have been set-up such that they tell a story with impact.
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. The header for this Event was created by @112528921891703025888.
If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
*1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
*$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
*@100266938567862344330 Blue Citywalker 10 http://goo.gl/qSqyOl
*@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com and @100424993750772730018 Free One Month Awesome Acct
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Nov. 16, 2014
No theme this week. It's wide open.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from Nov. 10/14 before the event up until 8:00 AM EDT Monday Nov. 17/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

The Holiday Event (sponsored by HWSI - www.hwsi.org) is an online Marketplace connecting G+ Creative Types with entire G+ Community to offer unique gifts and items for the upcoming Holiday Season. If you are a photographer, artist, crafts person, jewelry maker or writer, and would like to post up to 5 items or your website(s) where your work can be purchased, post a photo then in the comment section under your photo add the link to where that item(s) can be purchased. You handle the sales, either directly or through your various print on demand, website or other means, you keep the profits. The G+ Community has a place to find your work here in G+, and everyone can find some great Holiday gifts and items. Only thing asked it that you invite some of your friends who may be interested in the event, and that you share at least one time Publicly with your Circles. Share your individual items as often as you wish!

It is time again, ladies !!
The Official G+ *"Ladies Of Movember"* started 2 Years ago, some of us ladies wanted to show our support for #movember and as we cannot grow Moustaches, we thought maybe we can post our pictures with fake ones The success of the event was so phenomenal it's time to do it for the 3rd year !
thank you so much for all your photos and messages.
This event will be open for the month so please stop by anytime & don't be shy to post your pics,
I have created a donation page called "Ladies Of Movember" for Canada you can find it here : mosista.co/isabellefortin
Please don't be shy to post encouraging messages to those affected by cancer. thank you all so much ❤
Lastly, #fckcancer !﻿

This is the Event for our October Self Portrait Challenge: Your Greatest Fear. We figured we'd go beyond just a general "Halloween" theme, but still keep the "fright factor" alive. So show us something that absolutely terrifies you!
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Greatest Fear" theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST October 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
@100266938567862344330 Blue City Walker 20 http://goo.gl/LbDMIy
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100424993750772730018 1 Year Awesome Account
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Strap http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/the-sale-rack
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 5 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 5 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 4 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of remaining 3 prizes. 4th place selects choice of remaining 2 prizes. 5th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 4th, & 5th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in October 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Oct. 26, 2014
*Halloween Edition*
Don't forget that this ties in well with:
*October Self Portrait Challenge: Your Greatest Fear*
found here https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cgik4hlbf2g0j3fgv7kun5nkb28
Thanks to @113847951893881070422 for her fantastic photo on the theme image.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from Oct. 20/14 before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Oct. 27/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our September Self Portrait Challenge: Painted Faces. Whether you choose light face painting / makeup or go full on beastmode face-paint, we'd like to see what you can come up with in this genre! Let's get creative. :-)
Here is where you enter your ONE Painted Faces Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST September 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tips & Inspiration*
@106324582128454068388, one of our many talented moderators in The Art of Self Portraiture Community, wrote a great tutorial on how to create a great "painted face" self portrait - check it out here: http://goo.gl/pvBKe6 and get started with this fun endeavor! She is also the contributor of our theme photo on this event.
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
*1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
*$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
*@100266938567862344330 Turnstyle 10 http://goo.gl/xlRTYk
*@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com and @100424993750772730018 Free One Month Awesome Acct
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in September 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct
*Anything

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Sept. 28, 2014
Sorry for the late notice but we can still squeeze in a SSP.
*Lets keep it simple - No theme this week.*
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from Sept. 27/14 before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Sept. 29/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

*Landscape Photography Community: Fog / Mist*
*Dig out your best foggy or misty landscape photograph and share it to the event!!*
*General Rules*
1) You must be a member of the Landscape Photography Community (LPC)!! Please circle the @106632923256517196664 page.
2) Only ONE photograph per member is allowed. If you submit more than one photo, all of your photos will be removed.
3) Your photo MUST be ORIGINAL. If you post the work of someone else, you will be banned from the community.
4) This must be a photograph suitable for the Landscape Photography Community and contain an element of fog or mist.
5) There is NO VOTING for this contest! Several of our senior moderators have volunteered to judge this contest. They are experienced judges of photography events and their decision is final.
6) Photos must be posted no later than Monday, September 15, 2014, 3 pm CDT. Those posted after that time will be removed.
7) Winners will be announced on Wednesday, September 17, 2014, at 3 pm CDT.
8) Moderators of the LPC may participate but they cannot win the contest.﻿
9) Technical Requirements: Enable "sharing" on your photo. If it receives honors, we want to be able to share it!! Enable "comments" on your photo. We want to say how great it is!! Enable "plus ones" so anyone can give it a big plus!!﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Sept. 7, 2014
*Theme for this week: What I did last summer*
Lets see you selfies from this summer past, what you did on vacation, or just some special place or event where you managed to take a selfy during the 2014 summer.
If you didn't capture a selfy during the summer then take one that shows us a highlight or the essence of your summer vacation/holidays.
We will accpet photos taken from June 1/14 until the end of this weekend.
Thanks to @114435675631396141366 for his action packed selfy in the cover shot.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken from June 1/14 before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Sept. 8/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for August 3, 2014
*Theme for this week: Got any bright ideas?*
Illuminate your shot with some form of a lighting artificial lighting - lamps, flashlights, LEDs, mono-lights or flashes included. Make the lighting a visible part of the picture. Be as creative as we can be with the light you have available.
Thanks to @106324582128454068388 for this creat theme idea.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday August 4/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our July Self Portrait Challenge: Silhouettes. What is meant by this? This means that you'll create an image of yourself in silhouette: as a dark shape or outline against a lighter background.
Here is where you enter your ONE Silhouette Self Portrait. Your photo(s) must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST July 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tips & Inspiration*
I wrote a tutorial with some tips and advice about silhouette self portraiture - check it out here: http://goo.gl/wJXCSC and then try it yourself!
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/W69Ohj and ask away! We have a category for discussion and questions and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
*1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
*$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
*@100266938567862344330 Blue City Walker 10 http://goo.gl/7b2js9
*@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com and @100424993750772730018 Free One Month Awesome Acct
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in July 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for July 6, 2014
*Theme for this week: In the mirror!*
Illustrate your ideas of reflection and what your selfy can portray while reflecting in a mirror or other reflective surface.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday July 7/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
___
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff

This is the Event for our June Self Portrait Challenge: Summer! Use your self portraiture powers this month to show us a very "Summery" photo - what is that? Well, that's up to you to interpret, so get creative. :)
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Summer!" theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST June 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
@100266938567862344330 Retrospective 7 http://goo.gl/YPOe7H
@100424993750772730018 1 Year Awesome Account
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Strap http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/the-sale-rack
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 5 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 5 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 4 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of remaining 3 prizes. 4th place selects choice of remaining 2 prizes. 5th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 4th, & 5th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
Please Remember These Rules:
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in June 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿

This is the Event for our May Self Portrait Challenge: Double Exposure / Image Overlay. What is meant by this? This means that you'll either create an image in camera with two separate exposures or you'll use two separate images, overlaid with one another, to create a single image using post processing.
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait using the Double Exposure or Image Overlay technique. Your photo(s) must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST May 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tips & Inspiration*
@111514726900984316506, one of our many talented moderators in The Art of Self Portraiture Community, wrote a great tutorial on how to achieve double exposure and image overlay - check it out here: http://goo.gl/lWWXpd and get started with this fun endeavor! She is also the contributor of our theme photo on this event.
Here are some beautiful examples of double exposure portraits that will inspire you!
Aneta Ivanova: http://goo.gl/ZeSnLy
Sara K Byrne: http://goo.gl/J48iln
Various artists: http://goo.gl/7Qbssy
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we will also be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100266938567862344330 City Walker 10 http://goo.gl/7b2js9
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com and @100424993750772730018 T-Shirt
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for May 25, 2014
No theme this week!
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday May 26/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
___
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for May 11, 2014
No theme this week!
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday May 12/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_____
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our April Self Portrait Challenge: Personality! What is meant by this? It's time to show us some personality, baby. Capture a self portrait that conveys a lot of personality - an element of your true personality or some other one that you'd like to portray. When you submit your image, use the photo caption area to tell us what personality element you are portraying.
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Personality!" theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST April 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
@111718830236077991058, one of our many talented moderators in The Art of Self Portraiture Community, wrote a great tutorial on shooting self portraits - check it out here: http://goo.gl/xaPva8 He is also the contributor of our theme photo on this event.
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
@100424993750772730018 1 Year Awesome Account
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100266938567862344330 City Walker 10 http://goo.gl/7b2js9
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Strap http://www.capturingcouture.com/collections/the-sale-rack
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 5 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 5 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 4 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of remaining 3 prizes. 4th place selects choice of remaining 2 prizes. 5th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd, 4th, & 5th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in April 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Cont

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for April 27, 2014
*Theme: Your Alter Ego*
You have to ask yourself this question: Who or what would you want to be if you had the chance to change yourself? Or even perhaps what other "alter egos" just lurk inside your head, waiting to be revealed.
Thanks to the "most" extraordinary @110573952887886961621 for his theme suggestion and photograph.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Apr. 28/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_______
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for April 13, 2014
*No Theme this Week*
It is an open week so feel free to be as creative as you can.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Apr. 14/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our March Self Portrait Challenge: Instill A Sense of The Bizarre. What is meant by this? Get wacky, odd... put a strange or ironic twist on your self portrait. Get into your "Twilight Zone" state of mind and lets all get a little weird together this month. :) @104871116467578397659, one of our many talented moderators in The Art of Self Portraiture Community, wrote a great tutorial that will help you! Check it out here: http://goo.gl/3qH2vN She is also the contributor of our theme photo on this event.
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Sense of the Bizarre" theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST March 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything. And make sure you read the tutorial linked above!
*Prizes*
1 Year @118357019708110162087 Portfolio Account http://www.smugmug.com/features
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100266938567862344330 City Walker 10 http://goo.gl/7b2js9
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com *and* @100424993750772730018 T-Shirt
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in March 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Di

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for March 30, 2014
Theme this week: *Fast and Furious*
You can depict a sense of speed or anger or both in your selfy - if that helps.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Mar. 24/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
___________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

*Landscape Photography Show Episode #29 with Dan Hughes*
Focus Stacking: Why, When and how should we use it.
Come join Professional Photographer and post-processing guru @101310898885731292139 and the @114888971165518552849 Team on Tuesday March 25th at 7 PM PDT/8 PM MDT/9 PM CDT/10 PM EDT. Dan is a photographer and Post Processing Guru, and a trains people in using a variety of post processing software. He loves to share his knowledge and help others with photography and processing! Come learn from the very best!
*Be sure to circle the @114888971165518552849 page! We have a new look and a new URL!!*
*Share your favorite landscape photographs where depth of field is an important element.* Maybe one of the panelists will select your photo as the Show Starter and give you a shout out on air!
Join the fun on Tuesday March 25, 2014 at 7 PM PDT/8 PM MDT/9 PM CDT/10 PM EDT. See you there!!﻿

*Calling all DOG owners & dog lovers!*
*The SPRING "Day of the Dogs" Event on Google Plus is Saturday 22nd March 2014* GO to the event page and click on the camera Icon .... be careful though *clicking on an album will add the whole thing in one go!* A bit much for the stream ... best to choose from your 'photo's' not your albums. Please :)
*You don't have to be the dogs owner to post your photos but you MUST be the owner of the photo :)
Once again we will all be looking forward to seeing your dog photos! Invite your friends! Have fun ♥
A selections of previous event photos here... http://is.gd/83VDm4
You are cordially invited to post your canine images & links to your website, along side you photos, if you have one.
_scroll down for all the details_
*_event is open for OVER 24hrs_*
You won't be able to add your photos until the Event opens :)
♥♥♥
You might also like some of my favourite "doggie" pages and themes here on Google Plus ...
+The G+ DogPark +The Good Dog Guide +DOG LOVERS Worldwide +We Love Dogs! +Fido Friday +Lost Dogs +Life With Dogs +Dogs Trust +RSPCA

THE DAY OF THE "DOGS" ON GOOGLE PLUS (Saturday 22nd March 2014 SPRING issue)

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for March 16, 2014
*No theme this week* so it is an open Selfy Sunday.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Mar. 17/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_____________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for March 2, 2014
*Theme: Baby it's cold outside*
Show us your best "how I stay warm" shots.
Those in more "summer like" climates can show us how you are staying cool. (Just to make those of us who are freezing our way through the winter feel even worse)
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Feb. 17/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_______________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

There are so many of us out here that have image issues and are our own worst critic. I challenge you all to take a picture of a body part (and please keep it somewhat clean everyone) that you think is your best attribute. Take a picture of your arms, hands, feet, knees, hips, etc. that make you feel beautiful. If you think your whole body is beautiful that’s wonderful, just pick one part. I know you all are beautiful so get busy and shoot.
You can do your shot in whatever style you want this is all about your depiction of your beauty, so try abstract, B&W, HDR, whatever tickles your fancy. Mostly have fun and invite anyone you want.
http://youtu.be/VYmFpYdwqLs

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Feb 16,null, 2014
*No theme this week*
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Feb. 17/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Feb 2,null, 2014
*Theme: Le Chapeau - The Hat*
It's been almost two years since we had this theme, now it's back, lets see those hats!
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Feb. 3/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
___________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Event is now closed to new submissions. Thanks! Stay tuned to my profile for announcements of Honorable Mentions, Finalists, and Winners.
* * * * *
This is the Event for our February Self Portrait Challenge: Capture Your Reality. What is meant by this? It's time to show us your real life. Capture a self portrait that conveys a sense of who you really are or what your life is really like, or portrays a real life situation you are facing. @105852782594022510198, one of our many talented moderators in The Art of Self Portraiture Community, wrote a great tutorial that will help you! Check it out here: http://goo.gl/3xRrMx She is also the contributor of our theme photo on this event.
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Capture Your Reality" theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST February 28th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
@100424993750772730018 1 Year Awesome Account
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
@100266938567862344330 Mirrorless Mover 10 Bag http://goo.gl/Z4h0IN *and* a @101789561086090624750 Discontinued Strap http://capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)
There will be 3 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 3 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 3rd place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in February 2014 (EXIF data must reflect this)
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Jan. 19, 2014
*No theme this week*
So this is a chance for you to explore your own artistic "selfy" interpretations.
Thanks +Mark Rodriguez for letting me use your most excellent "Breaking Bad" inspired selfy for the theme image.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Jan. 20/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
___
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

*Happy New Year*
Welcome to the first Selfy Sunday Project of 2014 (Jan. 5, 2014)
*Theme: A fresh start*
Since we have started a new year its time for everyone to have a fresh start so that is a theme for this week.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Your photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Jan. 6/14. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_____
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our January Self Portrait Challenge: New Beginnings! What is meant by this? It's up to you to interpret. I know that many of us think about what we want the next year to be like (even if you don't make resolutions) and this seems like a great way to express what's been on our minds in that sense. You can interpret this way, or any other way that makes sense to you. We're looking forward to what your creative minds will come up with!
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "New Beginnings" theme. Your photo must have been captured any time during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST January 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. You have about two weeks left to complete this task if you don't already have a qualifying photo that you took this month - you can do it! Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
1 Year Awesome Account at @100424993750772730018 http://goo.gl/CCrBlS
@100266938567862344330 Mirrorless Mover 10 Bag http://goo.gl/Z4h0IN
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 3 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 3rd place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
Please Remember These Rules:
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in January 2014
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿

*Calling all DOG owners & dog lovers!* TAG #dayofthedogs
*The 6TH "Days of the Dogs" Event on Google Plus is a SPECIAL one! You have TWO DAYS not one to post your photos! Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd December 2013*
*opening time = 10am ish GMT*
*You don't have to be the dogs owner to post your photos but you MUST be the owner of the photo :)
Once again I'm Looking forward to seeing your dog photos! Invite your friends! Have fun ♥
A selections of previous event photos here... http://goo.gl/VFr8j
You are cordially invited to post your canine images & links to your website, along side you photos, if you have one.
_scroll down for all the details_
You won't be able to add your photos until the Event opens :)
♥♥♥
You might also like some of my favourite "doggie" pages and themes here on Google Plus ...
+The G+ DogPark +The Good Dog Guide +DOG LOVERS Worldwide +We Love Dogs! +Fido Friday +Lost Dogs +Life With Dogs +Dogs Trust +RSPCA

THE DAYS OF THE "DOGS" ON GOOGLE PLUS CHRISTMAS SPECIAL (Saturday 21st & Sunday 22nd December 2013 6TH issue)

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Dec 14/13.
*No Theme this Week*
Late posting the event so sorry for the delay.
Thanks +Kelli Seeger Kim for your allowing the use of your selfy in the event cover photo.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
You photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Dec. 16/13. Older photos posted will be removed from the event.
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
Again, please no dipping into the archives.
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_______
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

This is the Event for our December Self Portrait Challenge: Signs of the Season! What is meant by this? It's up to you to interpret - whatever you feel shows the season right now - whether that be holiday, celebration, or weather themed, it is up to you. Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Seasonal" theme. Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST December 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired. Thanks to one of our moderators, @111514726900984316506 for the amazing theme photo in the banner of this Event! If you'd like to view her full image, see it here: http://goo.gl/CJaxI7 Additionally, there were some great #SelfySunday entries a couple of weeks ago with a similar theme "'Tis the Season" - the participants always do a fantastic job! Have a look at them here: http://goo.gl/jUmqak Finally, if you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
*Prizes*
$150 Gift Certificate for @108289626026839048870 http://www.borrowlenses.com
1 Year Awesome Account at @100424993750772730018 http://goo.gl/CCrBlS
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Pro http://www.smugmug.com/pro
@100266938567862344330 Sling O' Matic 20 Sling Bag http://goo.gl/UZh1N
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 5 winners! 1st place winner selects choice of 5 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 4 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 4th place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 5th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in December 2013
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Dec 1/13.
*Theme This week: 'Tis the Season*
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
*You photo can be taken the week before the event up until 8:00 AM EST Monday Dec. 2/13* Older photos posted will be removed from the event*
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event.
*Again, please no dipping into the archives.*
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff﻿

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for November 17/13.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Please only post one photo to the event and that photo should ideally be taken the weekend or the week prior to the event. Please no dipping into the archives.
*No theme for this week*
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
___________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for November 3/13.
Please read this post for the guidelines and FAQ for Selfy Sunday.
http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
*No theme for this week.*
As always have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
_____________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs. http://goo.gl/SKnkZ8
Cheers,
Jeff

This is the Event for our November 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Portray An Emotion.
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait portraying an emotion. Remember to be as creative and expressive as you possibly can. If the viewer can instantly connect with your image emotionally, it's a win.
*Your photo must have been captured this month.* This Event remains open until 11:59 CST November 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tutorial*
Need some tips for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) I put together a piece offering some tips for creating emotional self portraits. You can view it here: http://goo.gl/13WBEf
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Camera Strap (if you win, you get to choose from a list that I'll share with you) :) http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 2 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of prizes. 2nd place receives remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen. Both winners will be featured in the Challenge Winners Category http://goo.gl/qc7VO of The Art of Self Portraiture Community.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st & 2nd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Photo Must Be Taken in November 2013
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant
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Viewing this Event, but not a member of The Art of Self Portraiture? If you're interested in exploring creative self portraiture seriously, request to join here: http://goo.gl/M7XTQ

Hello again !!
Last year, some of us ladies wanted to show our support for #movember and as we cannot grow Moustaches, we thought maybe we can *post our pictures with fake ones* The success of the event was so phenomenal it's time to do it all over again !
thank you so much for all your photos and messages.
This event will be open for the month so please stop by anytime & don't be shy to post your pics,
I have created a donation page called "Ladies Of Movember" you can find it here : mosista.co/isabellefortin
Please don't be shy to post encouraging messages to those affected by cancer. thank you all so much ❤
Lastly, #fckcancer !

This is the Event for our October 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Creepy/Disturbing Halloweenie Theme! Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a creepy/disturbing halloween type theme. Your photo must have been captured *this month.* This Event remains open until 11:59 CST October 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Inspiration*
Keep an eye on the submissions to the Event and you'll notice moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community adding their own "creepy/disturbing" self portraits. We each may add multiple photos - remember that moderators cannot win, but we're putting our photos in to inspire you! If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.
Get your _disturbing_ on, be creative, and have fun!
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Pro http://www.smugmug.com/pro
@100266938567862344330 Sling O' Matic 20 Sling Bag http://goo.gl/UZh1N
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
A signed copy of the newly released book by Jon Blacker, Musical Ink http://goo.gl/suKg7w
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in October 2013
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

*Calling all DOG owners & dog lovers!*
*The 5th "Day of the Dogs" Event on Google Plus is Saturday 26th October 2013*
*opening time = 10am ish GMT*
*You don't have to be the dogs owner to post your photos but you MUST be the owner of the photo :)
Once again I'm Looking forward to seeing your dog photos! Invite your friends! Have fun ♥
A selections of previous event photos here... http://goo.gl/VFr8j
You are cordially invited to post your canine images & links to your website, along side you photos, if you have one.
_scroll down for all the details_
*_event is open for OVER 24hrs starting - Saturday 26th October 2013 - (10 AM ish GMT)_*
You won't be able to add your photos until the Event opens :)
♥♥♥
You might also like some of my favourite "doggie" pages and themes here on Google Plus ...
+The G+ DogPark +The Good Dog Guide +DOG LOVERS Worldwide +We Love Dogs! +Fido Friday +Lost Dogs +Life With Dogs +Dogs Trust +RSPCA

THE DAY OF THE "DOGS" ON GOOGLE PLUS (Saturday 26th October 2013 5TH issue)

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for October 20/13.
Theme for this week is: *Halloween*
A great companion theme to The Art of Self Portraiture October 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Creepy/Disturbing Halloweenie Theme!
http://goo.gl/BuPxDD
Ghoulish, gruesome, creepy and horrific, they all fit the bill for this Selfy Sunday.
Lets have some fun.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for October 6/13.
*No theme for this week* but I can guarantee the next SPP will be a scary one.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies, so have fun.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

*SmugMug Is Looking For Your Cover Photos*
After a short hiatus to get the New SmugMug launched, the SmugMug Cover photo contest is back! We are looking for FOUR incredible cover photos to grace the SmugMug's Google+ page for the month of November.
Week 1 winner - Year of SmugMug Basic -$40 value
Week 2 winner - Year of SmugMug Power -$60 value
Week 3 winner - Year of SmugMug Portfolio -$150 value
Week 4 winner - Year of SmugMug Business -$300 value
How to Enter:
*One Photo per person*
*Sign up for the SmugMug Cover Photo Submissions For November event. (You are on it now)
*Click the "Add Photos" Button in the event, and upload your
submission. The new cover photos can be up to 2120px by 1192px, so please submit a photo with this minimum size requirement. Photos will be displayed in a 16:9 Aspect Ratio, so please make sure submissions as close to 16:9 as possible, so we don't lose any of the valuable image
*Take a look at all of the entries, and feel free to +1 and comment on
the photos that you are drawn too. Clicking on "Actions"--->"Show
Photo View" will display all of the photos in a beautiful gallery.
*After the contest closes on October 31st at 11:59PM PST, a panel of
judges, will select the winners, and the new
cover photo and first winner announcement will be made on November 1st, 2013.
*Submissions will be judged on uniqueness, creativity, and overall "Wow" factor.
*Sign up for the December event, which will also be
open for submissions by December 1st
*You do not need to be a SmugMug customer to enter, so please share
with your fellow photographers.

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for September 22/13.
No theme for this week.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies, have fun.
Any questions, We have 18 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for September 7/13.
*Theme* for this week is: *Connections*
As always it is up for interpretation.
Personal connections, connections to friends and family, connections to your passions or your surroundings. Perhaps making or breaking connections.
I really means many things to many people so have fun.
Please take some inspiration from +Jake Johnson who has graciously let us use one of his fantastic selfies as our event cover photo.
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies, have fun.
Any questions, We have 17 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our September 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: A Great Cell Phone Photo. Just because you use a cell phone doesn't mean your self portrait has to be of the "facebook style" mobile or reflection variety. That little guy has a camera inside it, so treat it like one!
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait using only a cell phone to capture and process (no computer software post processing!). Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST September 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tutorial & Tips*
Need some tips and inspiration for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) The amazing @110573952887886961621 made a tutorial about shooting cell phone photos to get you inspired - see it here: http://goo.gl/z3IZ23 He also posted a video of his process - see it here: http://goo.gl/vzcRHL
*Remember these Do's and Don'ts to get the best photo:*
*DO take the time to set up your shot thoughtfully.
*DO invest time and effort and try more than once to get it right.
*DO make sure your lens is clean.
*DO take your photo in adequate light so it's not grainy, blurry, or dark.
*DO put the cell phone down and use a timer - stop taking all your photos by holding the phone and pointing at yourself or a mirror.
*DO try different angles for the best composition.
*DO read the posts in our Tutorials Category and try the concepts and ideas you learn from them: http://goo.gl/uSUULE
*DO try different apps and see what works best for you.
*DO be aware of your background! It makes a huge difference! Is there junk in the room behind you? If yes, it's not a good place to shoot. ETC.
*DO NOT just slap a filter or cheesy effect on and call it a day - take the time to try different edits and pay attention to the elements of your photo.
*DO NOT point your phone at a mirror and take a reflection photo where we can see your phone.
*DO NOT have your arms in the photo as you're holding the phone out in front of or above you.
*DO NOT duckface.
*DO NOT showcase your cleavage as the main subject.
*Here's a list of Photo Apps you can try out:*
Snapseed
VSCOcam
Retouch (cloning tool!)
Camera+
Camera!
PhotoStudio﻿
Pixlr Express
Aviary﻿
InsPhoto
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Camera Strap - you choose from a variety available. :) http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 2 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of prizes. 2nd place receives remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will v

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for August 25/13.
An open week this week so now particular theme.
You can certainly take some inspiration for +Jeff Moreau who has graciously let us use one of his fantastic selfies as our event cover photo.
Jeff likes to get outside, get wet and get some air most of the time for his selfies. Check out his album here - http://goo.gl/qvFEVg
Everyone is looking forward to some great selfies, have fun.
Any questions, We have 17 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture community who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for July 28/13.
This weeks theme: *In The Shadows*
I am looking for something mysterious, something hidden but you are perhaps wanting to reveal. Something secret maybe! Its up to your interpretation.
I would like to thanks +Leighton Smith for the use of you fantastic Selfy from last year as the event cover photo.
Everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies, have fun.
Any questions, We have 17 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture who can help you along the way.
_____________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our August 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Long Exposure. Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait using long exposure techniques. Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST August 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tutorial*
Need some tips for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) The amazing @106324582128454068388 put together a tremendous Long Exposure Self Porturaits Tutorial - find it here: http://goo.gl/vYb47H
Check out the tutorial and then _get creative_. Wow us! There is so much you can do with this technique, so really try a few different things and find what works best for you.
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Pro http://www.smugmug.com/pro
@100266938567862344330 Sling O' Matic 20 Sling Bag http://goo.gl/UZh1N
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 3 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 3rd place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
Please Remember These Rules:
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in August 2013
*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for July 28/13.
Its been a very busy summer, so I am slacking. *No theme this week* , but I do promise a theme for the next project in two weeks.
Everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
Any questions, We have 17 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture who can help you along the way.
_______________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Take 2 - REPUBLISHED DUE TO G+ errors.
*PLEASE spread out your posts, try not to post one after the other please* :))
*Calling all DOG owners!* Once again I'm Looking forward to seeing your dog photos! Invite your friends! Have fun ♥
*The FOURTH "Day of the Dogs" Event on Google Plus is Sunday 14th July 2013 opening 9am GMT ish!!!*
A selections of previous event photos here... http://goo.gl/VFr8j
You are cordially invited to post your canine images & links to your website, along side you photos, if you have one.
_scroll down for all the details_
*- please only post your own images*
*_event is open for OVER 24hrs starting - Sunday 14th July - (9AM ish GMT)_*
You won't be able to add your photos until the Event opens :)
♥♥♥
You migth also like some of my favourite "doggie" pages and themes here on Google Plus ...
+The G+ DogPark +The Good Dog Guide +DOG LOVERS Worldwide +We Love Dogs! +Fido Friday +Lost Dogs +Life With Dogs +Dogs Trust +RSPCA

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for July 14/13.
No theme this week, its is a free for all.
Everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
Any questions, We have 17 moderators in the Art of Self Portraiture who can help you along the way.
_________________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our July 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Available Window/Door Light. Even if you've used window/door light before, use this opportunity to stretch past what you've tried before so you can grow and learn... and be creative!
Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait using natural light from a window or door. Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST July 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tutorial*
Need some tips for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) The fantastic @107400819855192601582 put together a really great Natural Lighting Tutorial: "Come Let The Sun Shine In!" - find it here: http://goo.gl/oVyUp
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Camera Strap - nobody else can get these anymore. :) http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 2 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of prizes. 2nd place receives remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st & 2nd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
Please Remember These Rules:
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Photo Must Be Taken in July 2013
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for June 30/13.
*Theme: The Headshot*
This theme is a take on the classic portraiture pose, "the head shot". For some this may me a mug shot but what I am looking for is not a typical head shot but one with some style and flare would be great.
Thanks +Kelli Seeger Kim for the great event cover photo.
Like always everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
We have 17 moderators who can help you along the way.
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UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for June 15/13.
No theme this week folks. Its a free for all so get creative.
Like always everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
We have 16 moderators who can help you along the way.
___________________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for June 2/13.
The theme for this week is *I've got the music in me*
Again this can be taken literally or metaphorically but basically since we have have some love or appreciation for music I would like to see that incorporated into your selfy.
Like always everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
We have 17 moderators who can help you along the way.
_____________________________
UPLOADING
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the Add Photos button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our June 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Artificial Lighting. Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait using artificial lighting techniques. Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST June 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
*Tutorial*
Need some tips for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) The amazing @110573952887886961621 put together a fabulous Artificial Lighting Tutorial: "Let There Be Light" - find it here: http://goo.gl/OezJY
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Pro http://www.smugmug.com/pro
@100266938567862344330 Sling O' Matic 20 Sling Bag http://goo.gl/UZh1N
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 3 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 3rd place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in June 2013
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for *May 19/13.*
No theme for this week.
I want to thank +Jason Jakober for allowing us to use his fantastic "Selfy" from a previous project as the *event cover*.
Like always everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
We have 17 moderators who can help you along the way.
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*UPLOADING*
The event will be open for uploading photos at 9:00 PM on the Saturday before.
Click the *Add Photos* button in the event to upload your images.
This is a Public event open to all.
Any questions, again please check the FAQs.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for May 5/13.
Mini Theme this week: *The great outdoors*
Spring as finally sprung and it's time to get out and show us your surroundings in your selfy.
There are 17 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
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Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
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UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

The May #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The May First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, May 3, 2013.
San Francisco (PDT):
From 6 a.m. Friday, May 3 to 12 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
New York (EDT):
From 9 a.m. May 5 to 3 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
Paris (CET):
From 2 p.m. Friday, May 5 to 9 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
See starting and end times for your local time zone here: http://mytimeconverter.com/
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*How it works:*
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk . The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream. The hashtag will be supported by Google efforts, so don't miss this opportunity to find new art lovers and artists and attract them here. Also, please use this opportunity to tell us more about your work, or about your favorite artists here on G+ and what fascinates you in their work. This is a unique opportunity to flood Google+ with art and beauty!
Also, please circle @103038056099487506311 so that we will be able to reshare the work that you have hashtagged #FirstFridayArtWalk , from the page. Please note that this time the page will be re-sharing work selectively, so the hashtag is the way to see everything, and the page is the way to see just our selection.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)
Creatively,
@104672614700283598130 and @107923530149758134024

This is the Event for our May 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Your Choice! That's right - this is a "free play" month where you can submit any kind of self portrait, as long as it was taken during the month of May 2013.
Please choose your best work from this month, and submit ONLY ONE PHOTO here. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST May 31st, so you have until then to select and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
Prizes
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Camera Strap - nobody else can get these anymore. :) http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 2 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of prizes. 2nd place receives remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st & 2nd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
Please Remember These Rules:
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Photo Must Be Taken in May 2013
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for April 20/13.
*No theme for this week.*
But feel free to be inspired by;
April Self Portrait Challenge: Selective Color / Textures
event link is here - http://goo.gl/2yyYV
And this great tutorial from +Tamara Pruessner
Selective Coloring and Textures: Choosing Appropriately
Link is here: http://goo.gl/AsgK3
There are 15 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
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Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

*EVERYONE IS INVITED ~ PUBLIC EVENT*
*Who Are YOU? Share a PHOTO COLLAGE / say hello :0)*
*WHO? .... all about you!*
please scroll down
I'd love to know/see what you've been creating lately :O))
*Please post just "ONE" PHOTO COLLAGE of your images or Art works etc.*
If you would like help creating a PHOTO COLLAGE please take a look at these links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v3H0Vd40It0&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMrSkUzg7ws
_other options are available on the web_
_if you're stuck just ask_
↓ *WHAT to post.....*
*ONE PICTURE ONLY - YOUR IMAGES ONLY per person please (must be a COLLAGE)*
_naughty people posting more or anything that is not a COLLAGE will be shamed_
*_Once you have posted your image, locate the image in the Event stream & add some information about yourself. Please feel free to post a short note and links to you elsewhere on the web if you wish_*
_Looking forward to getting to know some MORE new folks!_
All my best Heidi

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for April 7/13.
*Theme*: *True Colors*
What we are looking for is a dominant color element in your Selfy. It could be in the shot itself or in the processing or in a combination of both. The meaning of the color in the shot will be up to the photographer. Metaphorical and or literal interpretations are welcome of course.
There are 16 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
__
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our April 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Selective Color / Textures. Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait using either Selective Color or Textures (or both). Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST April 30th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.
Need some tips for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) @107494834634231938072 put together a fabulous Tutorial about how and when to use Selective Color and Textures in your photography - find it here: http://goo.gl/c5sQQ
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Pro http://www.smugmug.com/pro
@100266938567862344330 Sling O' Matic 20 Sling Bag http://goo.gl/UZh1N
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 3 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 3rd place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, & 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in April 2013
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for March 24/13.
Coming off our monumental "Film Noir" themed SSP we will be free styling it this week so *no theme* but please consider our
March *Self Portrait Challenge: Face Close Ups! Event* here
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ckh29md3mvj0g8pa5ch8gks426g
for some inspiration.
There are 16 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
__
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

@108595299975404341987 brings together Artists, Musicians, Photographers, Personalities, & all sorts of fun and interesting people from around the world each Friday for a hangout and is one of the largest & longest running shows on G+. This week's episode is special since it's the 1 year anniversary of the show and we're joined by CEO of @111349608500505664040 @107982618909749811163; Photographer & Writer @117665613028757061169 who'll be talking about her recent NBC interview involving @106837773805813749834; @103765013042311928518; Print Publishing Professional @105537447264336527922; Photographers @106324582128454068388, @110105384020219882756, @104723167398398004122, & @104306683219947597418; along with @106320539742944055415 from NBC’s @117707764579117835760 who'll be playing a few songs for us.
The show will be embedded on this event where you can watch and chat with us and other people watching the show, the recording will be available immediately afterwards. You can get reminders about the show if you RVSP by saying you're "Going". @111188574736819390850 & I are excited!
You can watch previous episodes here: http://goo.gl/ceHtH
The show is embedded above!

TSBW Variety Show #50: ONE YEAR ANNIVERSARY with Live Music from Sonia Rao ! (On Air Hangout)

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for March 10/13.
*Theme:* *Film Noir*
A hint of mystery and intrigue should creep its way into your selfy this weekend.
Think, moody, dark, dramatic and yes your shot should be in B&W to still be true to the classic style of noir.
As always there are 16 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
_Thanks to +Sinead Sam McKeown for her great Selfy as the event cover_
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our March 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Face Close Ups. Here is where you enter your ONE Face Close Up / Eye Macro Photo Submission. Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST March 31st, so you have until then to select and enter your best photo from this month. _*Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.*_
Need some tips for getting a great photo for this challenge? Have no fear! That's why we're here. :) @106324582128454068388 put together a fabulous Face Close Ups & Eye Macros Tutorial - find it here: http://goo.gl/XrNpu
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Basic http://www.smugmug.com/photos/photo-sharing-features
@101789561086090624750 Discontinued Camera Strap - nobody else can get these anymore. :) http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 2 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of prizes. 2nd place receives remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st & 2nd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Only SELF PORTRAITS
*Must adhere to this month's theme.
*Photo Must Be Taken in March 2013
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

The March #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The March First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, March 1, 2013.
San Francisco (PDT):
From 6 a.m. Friday, March 1 to 12 a.m. Saturday, March 2.
New York (EDT):
From 9 a.m. March February 1 to 3 a.m. Saturday, March 2.
Paris (CET):
From 2 p.m. Friday, March 1 to 9 a.m. Saturday, March 2.
See starting and end times for your local time zone here: http://mytimeconverter.com/
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*How it works:*
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk . The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream.
Also, please circle +First Friday Art Walk , so that we will be able to reshare the work that you have hashtagged #FirstFridayArtWalk , from the page.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)
Creatively,
+Lena Levin and +Samantha Villenave

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for February 24/13.
We will be free styling it this week so *no theme* but please consider our
*February Self Portrait Challenge: Action Shots!* Event here
https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/ci7r3aj6abfk20gkoldmtjifi2o
for some inspiration.
There are 16 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
__
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

This is the Event for our February 2013 Self Portrait Challenge: Action Shots! Here is where you enter your ONE Action Shot Photo Submission. Your photo must have been captured this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST February 28th, so you have until then to select and enter your best photo from this month. _*Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.*_
What is an Action Shot? Show us yourself in motion/action, freezing that with a photo. Jump, Run, Bike, Surf, Skate… whatever! Just be creative, and have fun.
@111397628815301589258 created a great Action Shots Tutorial Video - watch it here: http://goo.gl/O5Isu
Need advice about remotes? Read @114435675631396141366's awesome tutorial here: http://goo.gl/T0LvR
*Prizes*
1 Year of @118357019708110162087 Pro http://www.smugmug.com/pro
@100266938567862344330 Sling O' Matic 20 Sling Bag http://goo.gl/UZh1N
@101789561086090624750 Gift Code in the amount of $43.95 http://www.capturingcouture.com
Please circle these sponsors - they make these prizes possible, so having them circled is a requirement to be a winner.
There will be 3 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 3 prizes. 2nd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 3rd place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*Please Remember These Rules:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Photo Must Be Taken in February 2013
*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact
*Circle Our Prize Sponsors
*No Trickery or Spamming
*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries for Misconduct
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for February 10/13.
*No theme for this week, just an open project.*
There are 16 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
The Selfy Sunday Project is the cornerstone event in the Art of Self Portraiture Community. This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another.
The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
__
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EST.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

*Light Chasers*
What is a light chaser? Those people who on a moment's notice (because light changes in a split second) can run out the door in flip flops and no socks in the freezing snow to catch that special light. Share your best light chaser shot here!

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for January 27/13.
Theme: *"Book 'em, Danno"*
For those who are not quite sure who Jack Lord was or what Hawaii Five O (old and new is) - check here for some context or just Google it!
http://youtu.be/AepyGm9Me6w
*Two ways of interpreting this theme. You can either go the Hawaiian route with dress, scene or background or the police/cop theme, a "mug shot" or a dynamic nut busting crime fighter like Jack Lord.*
_Just remember to..._
*"Book 'em, Danno" *
Selfy Sunday will continue on it's bi-weekly schedule and will be the cornerstone event of The Art of the Self Portrait community.
There are 15 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another. The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
__
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for *Jan. 13/13.*
There is no _theme_ this week. We are open for any artistic interpretation that you may bring to your selfy.
*A big thanks to +C.J. Sros for the use (or re-use) of his fantastic selfy from last year as the event cover.*
Selfy Sunday is the cornerstone event of The Art of the Self Portrait community.
There are 17 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another. The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
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Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

The #FirstFridayArtWalk is here!
It is open to all. Whether you are an artist, or simply an art lover, there is a way for each and every one of us, who wishes to, to participate.
The January First Friday Art Walk will be held on Friday, January 4, 2013.
San Francisco (PDT):
From 6 a.m. January 4 to 1 a.m. Saturday, January 5.
New York (EDT):
From 9 a.m. Friday January 4 to 4 a.m. Saturday, January 5.
Paris (CET):
From 2 p.m. Friday, January 4 to 9 a.m. Saturday, January 5.
See starting and end times for your local time zone here: http://mytimeconverter.com/
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*How it works:*
Artists, simply share work of your own, a painting, a drawing, a sculpture, an illustration, and add the hashtag #FirstFridayArtWalk . The Art Walk is open to non-photographic work, in traditional, and digital media.
Art lovers and artists alike are welcome to reshare the work of other artists with the #FirstFridayArtWalk hashtag as well. This way, we should be able to get a flurry of art circulating in everyone's stream.
Also, please circle @103038056099487506311 , so that we will be able to reshare the work that you have hashtagged #FirstFridayArtWalk , from the page.
Thanks, and we look forward to seeing your work! Please feel free to invite artists and others that you feel may be interested in this event. :)
Creatively,
@107923530149758134024 and @104672614700283598130

For those of you that accepted our challenge to start a 365 or 52 Self Portrait Project, here is the Event for January 2013 where you can enter your BEST photo from this month that you took as a part of that project. This remains open until 11:59 CST Jan 31st, so you have until then to select and enter your best photo from this month.
What is a 365 / 52 Self Portrait Project? +Arthur Chang wrote a great Challenge Post here: http://goo.gl/Ow4tj
(_Please share all the photos you take for the 365 / 52 Project in our Art of Self Portraiture Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ selecting the appropriate Category from the Left Sidebar, but enter only your ONE *best* photo to this Event for judging._)
At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose one photo as the winning photo. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)
*The Winner's Loot:*
*Entry of the winning photo to the "Challenge Winners" Category on the left sidebar.
*Choice of either a SLR Split Camera Strap http://goo.gl/RyzBG or MonsterPod Tripod http://goo.gl/Alv8q (each a $30 Value)
*Google+ Swag Goodie Bag: stickers, sunglasses, & hardback journal
*Please Remember:*
*Enter Only Your Own Work
*Enter Only ONE Photo
*Photo Must Be From your January 2013 365 or 52 Self Portrait Project
*No Trickery or Spamming
*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant

*Best wishes......*
I wish you have...12 months of happiness, 52 weeks of fun, 365 days of success, 8760 hours of good health, 52600 minutes of good luck and 3153600 seconds of joy.
*Happy New Year!*
_Share your photo & your wishes with Us!_
- Not more than three (crazy)pictures;
- Share this item ;-)
- Have fun!

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for December 30/12.
*Theme*: "The Best of 2012"
Take a chance to show everyone what was "good" in 2012 through your self portrait.
Something positive, something happy, perhaps something that changed your life for the better. Lets wrap up 2012 with a smile. It has been such a great year for the Selfy Sunday Project and we look forward to 2013 as part of The Art of Self Portraiture Community.
Selfy Sunday will continue on it's bi-weekly schedule and will be the cornerstone event of The Art of the Self Portrait community.
There are 17 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another. The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
____
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for December 16/12.
_Please note, there is no theme this week!_
I would like to also welcome everyone to the new Community home of The Selfy Sunday Project, The Art of Self Portraiture. Selfy Sunday will definitely benefit from being part of this great community, co-owned by myself and the lovely +Lotus Carroll
Selfy Sunday will continue on it's bi-weekly schedule and will be the cornerstone event of The Art of the Self Portrait community.
There are 17 moderators who can assist you along the way with SPP.
This Community was designed as a place to share self portraits and to learn, grow, and challenge one another. The Selfy Sunday Project allows everyone to share their results on a bi-weekly basis all in one event.
____________
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
_
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let post here in the community.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for *December 2/12*
_PLEASE NOTE THAT THIS EVENT IS NOT FOR THIS SUNDAY, NOV. 25/12._
Theme: *Bond, James Bond!*
I want to see Selfy's that are inspired by *007* and the James Bond films. Lots exotic locations, action packed chases as well as numerous villains and sexy leading ladies to offer inspiration here. Or just stick to a more general "SPY" or cloak and dagger noire theme.
Either way it should be fun. _Props may come in handy here!_
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The Halloween SSP was the scariest, most ghoulish, terrifying Selfy Sunday ever. The submissions were amazing. Well done everyone.
As always I want to thank +LaDonna Pride for all of her hard work and she will be helping along the way as our co-host.
Thanks everyone we are all looking forward to some great Selfies.
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
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UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Hi everyone,
It is +CamMi Pham your #ThumblePRgirl :) We miss hosting our weekly contest. I know that I promised to start the contest earlier this week. But we just moved in our new office and have been insane busy. :( Sorry again. Hope you will forgive me.
If you enjoy this contest, don't forget to sign up for beta. It means a lot to us.
http://beta.thumbleapp.com/
*Theme*: Coffee and Tea
*Deadline*: 11:59 PM ET November 22, 2012
*Hashtag*: #ThumbleFun
*Prize*: This week winner will get
- Camera Lens Mug (we have both Canon and Nikon mugs)
- A featured interview on our blog
- Of course you will be one of the first people to get access to our app
*RULES*
- Follow the weekly theme.
- All the photos should include the hashtag #ThumbleFun and mention +Thumble or add to the event page.
- You can summit more than one photo.
- You must following +Thumble . If we cannot comment or reshare, your photo will be disqualified.
- By entering the contest, you agree to give Thumble Inc. permission to feature your photos on our blog and social networks. Please include your portfolio/website/social media profile you want us to link back to in your entry :) If there is no link, we will link back to your G+ profile :)
If you have any question feel free to ask our #thumbleprgirl +CamMi Pham
Can't wait to see all the amazing photos.

Time for the (shorter) November challenge... Your task is to upload a creative self portrait to the event.
*Rules: only ONE picture (must be taken by you or by using a self-timer) or you will be removed from the event guest list. Please add a few lines about your photo as well, it's always nice.*
The contest ends on November 30, 1 PM CET.
Winners will be announced in my feed as soon as possible after the event has closed.
Good luck!

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for November 11/12
This will be an "open" project this week so no theme.
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The Halloween SSP was the scariest, most ghoulish, terrifying Selfy Sunday ever. The submissions were amazing. Well done everyone.
As always I want to thank +LaDonna Pride for all of her hard work and she will be helping along the way as our co-host.
Thanks everyone we are all looking forward to some great Selfies.
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
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UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Hi everyone,
It is another #ThumbleFun :) hosted by @105725261786759739186.
It is almost time for #Thanksgiving in US and the weather is so beautiful right now. We thought it would be fun to have an Orange theme.
Theme: Something Orange
Deadline: 11:59 PM ET November 11, 2012
Hashtag: #ThumbleFun
Prize: This week winner will get
- Camera Lens Mug (we have both Canon and Nikon mugs)
- A featured interview on our blog
- Of course you will be one of the first people to get access to our app
RULES
- Follow the weekly theme.
- All the photos should include the hashtag #ThumbleFun and mention +Thumble or add to the event page.
- You can summit more than one photo.
- *You must following @105725261786759739186. If we cannot comment or reshare, your photo will be disqualified.*
- By entering the contest, you agree to give Thumble Inc. permission to feature your photos on our blog and social networks. Please include your portfolio/website/social media profile you want us to link back to in your entry :) If there is no link, we will link back to your G+ profile :)
If you have any question feel free to ask our #thumbleprgirl @100906247084442837696
Can't wait to see all the amazing photos.

Some of us ladies wanted to show our support for #movember and as we cannot grow _Moustaches_ we thought maybe we can post our pictures with fake ones.
This event will be open for the month so please stop by anytime & don't be shy to post your pics,
We also encourage anyone who would like to post encouraging messages to those affected by cancer. thanks so much ❤
Lastly, #fckcancer !

Hi
A mummy, a vampyre, a witch, a zombie.. a MONSTER!!! What are you going to be for #Halloween ?
The scream team in #Halloweentown ; myself, +lane langmade, the mistress of the dark, +Shantha Marie Fountain, the lord of the underworld, +Brad Buckmaster and our ghost curator +Gene Bowker invite you to a costume party on #Halloween night! If you're wearing a costume this year, take a shot of it, OR if you have a spooky self portrait for #Halloween2012 we want to see that too! Upload your shot to this event album beginning at 4:30pm PST. This album will be open only to the #Halloweentown citizens or it will be a limited share event! (however if #HT citizens want to make it public we can also change it.)
Please DO also post shots of your family members who are dressing up too.. including kids, dogs, cats and anything else!! hahah
We also know folks might be out trick or treating.. so there will be an option to post earlier too and you can post till the following evening.
So show us your cool costumes and just how creative you can be! We can't wait!
Happy Halloween!
~lane

*EVERYONE IS INVITED ~ PUBLIC EVENT*
*Who Are YOU? Share a COLLAGE / say hello :0)*
*WHO? .... all about you!*
please scroll down
*Please post ONE COLLAGE of your images or Art works etc.*
If you would like help creating a COLLAGE please take a look at these links
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zWgVNzV1OYc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iMrSkUzg7ws
_other options are available on the web_
_if you're stuck just ask_
↓ *WHAT to post.....*
*ONE PICTURE ONLY - YOUR IMAGES ONLY per person please (must be a COLLAGE)*
_naughty people posting more or anything that is not a COLLAGE will be shamed_
*_Once you have posted your image, locate the image in the Event stream & add some information about yourself. Please feel free to post a short note and links to you elsewhere on the web if you wish_*
*WHEN .... the Event will start and end*
*when the event starts a red button will appear at the top saying something like 'add photo'. You can either select and add a photo from your existing albums or upload a new one directly to the event from your computer. There is no opportunity to add any text though at the time you post so you would add the additional info as a comment under your image which should be right at the top of the stream depending how busy it is.*
Find out when this Event *starts* in your time zone here http://goo.gl/hVnam
*The Event will be open for posting images from 6pm GMT (ish) Friday 26th October* - you will not be able to add images until then - Event *closes* Monday 29th October 2012. See link for your time zone http://goo.gl/1HzHM
_Looking forward to getting to know some new folks!_
All my best Heidi

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for October 28/12
Theme: *Halloween*
Show us some your best ghostly, ghoulish, monstrously good selfies or just have some fun with a costume or make-up.
A big thanks to +Christina Lawrie for let me use her fantastic selfy from last years SSP Halloween.
This was one of our most creative Selfy Sundays from last year so looking forward to some over the top creativity with these shots.
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Thanks to +LaDonna Pride like in the past she will be helping along the way as our co-host.
Thanks everyone we are all looking forward to some great Selfies.
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
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UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Hi,
It is @100906247084442837696 your #ThumblePRgirl again. This week @105725261786759739186 has another fun photo contest for you. It is almost Halloween and we would love to see your #Halloween spirit.
*Theme:* Halloween
*Deadline:* 11:59 PM ET November 1, 2012
*Hashtag:* #ThumbleFun
*Prize:* This week winner will get
- Camera Cookie Cutter Set
- A featured interview on our blog
- Of course you will be one of the first people to get access to our app
*RULES*
- Follow the weekly theme.
- All the photos should include the hashtag #ThumbleFun and mention +Thumble or add to the event page. *Please circle @105725261786759739186 for us to reshare your photos*
- You can summit more than one photo.
- By entering the contest, you agree to give Thumble Inc. permission to feature your photos on our blog and social networks. Please include your portfolio/website/social media profile you want us to link back to in your entry :) If there is no link, we will link back to your G+ profile :)
Can't wait to see all the amazing photos.

*Calling all DOG owners!*
The second "Day of the Dogs" Event on Google Plus is this Wednesday!!!
_previous event photos here..._ http://goo.gl/VFr8j
You are cordially invited to post your canine images here
_a few side notes_
*- please only post your own images*
*_maximum of 3 images per person please_*
(I'm sure you have loads to share, there will be other opportunities!)
*_event is open for OVER 24hrs starting - 23rd October - 8.30pm GMT_*
You won't be able to add your photos until the Event opens :)
Looking forward to seeing your dog photos once more ! Have fun ♥
+The G+ DogPark +Dog Lovers Worldwide - DLW +The Good Dog Guide +Lost Dogs +We Love Dogs! ♥♥♥

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for October 14/12
*Theme: Where is the Love*
Show us what you love, who you love, how you love, an act of love or kindness, a passion, a desire, maybe a simple heartfelt wish but remember all within the context of a self portrait.
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The past weeks SSP was incredible with 200 photos uploaded and the submissions were amazing. Well done everyone.
As always I want to thank +LaDonna Pride for all of her hard work and she will be helping along the way as our co-host.
Thanks everyone we are all looking forward to some great Selfies.
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
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UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for Sept. 30/12
*No theme this week.* The past weeks SSP was incredible and the submissions were frightful to say the least.
As always I want to thank +LaDonna Pride for all of her hard work and she will be helping along the way as our co-host.
Thanks everyone we are all looking forward to some great Selfies.
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
___________________________
UPLOADING
The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Help celebrate International Peace Day September 21, 2012
Post your photos of peace on this event and share the concept of World Peace....EASY..... just go up to "add photo" and post your photo of peace. #PeaceDay Then tell your circles to come over and share too!
Google+ friends sponsoring this event @111983961140937248134 Canada @116905863525318361853 Arizona @117978225340034837729 Chicagoland Illinois @107463194690369779643 Florida @108210288375340023376 Colorado @113129299593678810557 Israel @110314870942359593103 France @106049828009478130206 California @107958599012052618167 Kansas City, Missouri @103236949470535942612 Switzerland @103698889037599783920 from midwest USA and @107617466014078748111 from Rhode Island USA
@108274011286866375808 from Malaysia is helping with creating the final #peaceday Circles Thank you Vince!
@110314870942359593103 from #France is personal friends with the Founder of @114229915466266170391 and the actual person who got the UN to recognize #PeaceDay in 2002, Jeremy Gilley.
There will be a LIVE from #London event live streaming on youtube on the actual Peace Day, Friday, September 21, 2012.
Less than 5 hours away.... attend #PeaceDay with the founder Jeremy Gilley Be part of the live streaming from London:
"....headline performance from Elton John in his only London show this year plus performances from James Morrison, 2CELLOS and introductions by Peace One Day founder, Jeremy Gilley, Peace One Day Ambassador, Jude Law and Lily Cole. The show is set to be the biggest event of Peace One Day’s groundbreaking 13-year history and you can watch it on our official YouTube channel (www.youtube.com/peaceoneday) and on the @114229915466266170391 page."
The UN link shares a bit more about the International Day of Peace also known as #PeaceDay
"I urge everyone, between now and 21 September, to think about how they can contribute. Let us work together ...... sustainable development, sustainable peace… and a secure future for all."
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon
http://www.un.org/en/events/peaceday/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KPIhF_GRLIQ UN #peaceday support video!
Much more about the Peace Day and link to all events around the world.
http://peaceoneday.org
"The International Day of Peace, a.k.a. "Peace Day" provides an opportunity for individuals, organizations and nations to create practical acts of peace on a shared date.
It was established by a United Nations resolution in 1981 to coincide with the opening of the General Assembly. The first Peace Day was celebrated in September 1982........
Anyone, anywhere can celebrate Peace Day. It can be as simple as lighting a candle at noon, or just sitting in silent meditation. Or it can involve getting your co-workers, organization, community or government engaged in a large event. The impact if millions of people in all parts of the world, coming together for one day of peace, is immense."
*Join in sha

UPDATE: it's online now: http://youtu.be/-DItFCAg4jM
*We like to call this a "PLUS ONE PARTY"*
Because people submit links to their albums and we look through the pictures and _*we plus one the pictures we like*_ in the album.
It's my way of giving quick feedback to people about which pictures really catch my attention out of their images. It's quick and yet helpful.
Last time we looked at over 120 albums
*LIVE PUBLIC HANGOUT*
Yep it'll be a live public hangout again.
Shorter and more awesome than last time.
So if you LINK us an album make sure you know they will be on video and then on youtube. We're both really nice people and with people pictures we worry about commentary for fear they're related to you or something. But we may make commentary and you gotta be alright with that as well.
The video won't be edited when it goes onto youtube.
I'm basically saying: _*The easily offended need not apply*_
*THEME = PEOPLE PICTURES*
@109486822103622036238 and myself have a separate project going on where we're spending dozens of hours researching to find great photographers and create the most awesome list of "people shooters"
https://plus.google.com/u/0/100962871525684315897/posts/UMBDiPKJqKa
So therefore we've made the theme this time to People pictures as well because that's what mood we're in.
If you already have an album like that share it. Or maybe put together another one in the next 24hrs that you'd like us to go through.
Professional work, weddings, families, kids, selfies, street candids, models etc
*JOIN IN*
This time we'll be linking the albums and having people join us as we go through the pictures... so you may be getting a lot more plus ones (eyeballs) than normal.
*FAQ*
We won't be looking at non-people pictures even if they're in the album.
We'd rather not look at crazy large albums so try to keep them under 50 (but we can be a bit lenient)
Please submit open/public albums specially since other people than myself will be wanting to view.
Make sure you're following myself (@100962871525684315897 ) and @109486822103622036238 who'll be the moderators of the video.
We're looking for someone awesome to help out on the show and provide interesting insights about the people who's work we're looking through so we can focus on the task at hand.
*SHARE*
Let your friends who photograph people know that it's a fun and easy opportunity.
*VIEW*
Hope to see you there during the live viewing saturday night at 9pm Mountain time
We'll be using this Event as the chat log for the event.
*ALBUMS*
1. +susan marinello - https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/109486822103622036238/albums/5787749627481544897
2. +scott jarvie - https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/100962871525684315897/albums/5628519010157340641
3. +Jason Jakober - https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/111397628815301589258/albums/5790838803220260353﻿
4. +Paul R. Giunta - https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/116197193480724162859/albums/5635977219905633425﻿
5. Eustace James - https://plu

Whatever your poison of choice is, I am hoping everyone can raise a glass to celebrate Mark Rodriguez's Birthday on Sunday Sept. 23rd. Mark will be away on a trip in wine country so I thought we could all post a photo raising a glass and toasting one of the best people on G+
Cheers !!

*Hack This Photo*
_Our Photo. Your Spin._ (*Open for the entire week*)
Welcome to the Friday Night @116361882895448900841! The photo editing game where you take our photo and twist it, turn it, crop it, chop it, texturize it, pixelize it, make it your own. Then post it for all of G+ to see!
Everyone is welcome to play – no formal training, expensive software or previous experience is required to join us. Use an app on your phone, the G+ photo editor, GIMP, Lightroom, CS6 – it’s up to you.
For tonight's hack we're featuring our first _"by popular demand"_ shot, a wonderful and fun image by the talented @101437802758827481019, who originally shared it on her stream yesterday. Enterprising HACKers quickly saw the potential, and happily, Erika was willing to share!
To Play:
Click on the link below to open our photograph. Save it. Open it the editor of your choice, and have at it! When you're done, save your work.
Open this Event. Click on the magic red button at the top of the window to add your photo to our Event album. After your photo has been added, please open the caption and insert the #hackthisphoto hashtag.
Then click on the slideshow button at the top of the page to review the other entries and leave love notes and +’s behind.
You have a full week to play with this shot and submit as many entries as you like.
We are so grateful to everyone who joins us – whether you play, plus, comment or share. This is such a source of joy for all of us.
Please drop us a line if you have any questions. We are always open to feedback and suggestions.
Our Friday Night Hack photo this week: https://plus.google.com/photos/101437802758827481019/albums/posts/5790299795813499810
Many Thanks -
@116029916334296947844
@107403358784201231436
@112081605135199235791
@111112809838472063992
@111055414016650329707
@100774988033964936284

Welcome to The Selfy Sunday Project for Sept. 16/12
*Theme*: *Tales from the Dark Side*
Otherwise know as a warm up for Halloween. Show us your dark side. It it could be spooky or scary, sinister or moody, perhaps your alter ego, but I know you have been there, now its time to bring it out.
_Well lets not be too sinister - we are here to have some fun !_
As always the lovely +LaDonna Pride will be helping along the way as our co-host. Thanks so much +LaDonna Pride .﻿
Thanks everyone we are all looking forward to some great Selfies.
Selfy Sunday FAQ can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check there first if you have any questions. Thanks
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*UPLOADING*
*The event will open for uploading at 9:00 PM EDT.*
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Hey guess what! *Macro Monday* is going to try out using events *this week, 9/3* instead of next!
*REMINDER*
1 - This week's (optional) theme-within-a-theme is *ABSTRACT!*
2 - Select "Going" on the Event. Click into the event and select "Upload Photo" to add yours!
3 - View the slide show option to browse the other participants' photos.
4 - Because this Monday is a US holiday the curators, +Kelli Seeger Kim, +Jennifer Eden and +Kerry Murphy will be getting in some extra family time and enjoying the long weekend. We will be around but in a more limited capacity. :)
Happy Macroing!

Welcome to *The Selfy Sunday Project* for Sept. 2/12
The Selfy Sunday Project has switched over to the GPlus "Event Mode" which should help in previous issues with the shared album format.
*There is no theme this week as we move to the event mode*
I will announce the SSP Event one week prior to the actual event time.
+LaDonna Pride will be helping along the way as our co-host. Thanks so much +LaDonna Pride .
Like always everyone is looking forward to some great Selfies.
*Selfy Sunday FAQ* can be found here.
http://goo.gl/ngQeF
Please check _there_ first if you have any questions. Thanks
_______________________________
*UPLOADING*
You can upload your photo by viewing the event and clicking on the "Add Photos" button.
This is a Public event open to everyone.
Any questions, again please check the FAQ or let myself or LaDonna know. Or check the +Selfy Sunday page for updates.
Cheers and have fun!
Jeff

Please accept my apologies if your one of the few that got hit by a bug in their system!
This is my first event and for some reason Google notified some people 20 times and for some their system was planning on doing that within their calendars for the next 5 years...every single day...20 times a day...how it did or why it would set peoples calendars up to be notified 20 times a day...I don't know.
Hopefully they've got it corrected, if not please let me know.
I know I wanted to help peoples wishes come true but not in that way,
The goal of this event my Birthday is give you as many of my Birthday Wishes as you require...why because you deserve it.
My wish is here is to connect you to the thoughts/ the energy of thousands of people around the world all making a Birthday Wish for themselves from the heart... to you.
I like to Imagine the energy from all those making a wish and the energy coming from the ones that come true(the smiles..the laughter..the tears...the overflowing of pure joy) being connected to you to power your own wish to come true.
Thanks to some theories about Quantum Physics there's no space between you or me or them...topped with the fact they tell us energy is never destroyed, it's gotta go somewhere as each new person joins in, so why not to you to empower your wish to come true sooner rather than later.
Imagine being connected to thousands....millions of others all making wishes...all hoping that your wish comes true for it will help empower their wish.
They've documented several cases of where positive thoughts have made a difference, so why not around someones birthday who can then share it with everyone whose connected to that person...so me for this event.
It's never been done before, so why not now....be part of it. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain as we go day by day, year by year building this community of wish granters.
Now think of an image that represents your wish and then take2seconds to think of that image at least once a day until it comes true.
Have fun with it, there's no right or wrong way when you come from the heart.
Please let us know as each wish comes true...yes each wish...there's no law that says you're only granted one wish...you deserve everyone of them when they come from the heart..when that wish fills you with the passion for life...
*****UPDATE at first I was focused on getting as many people as possible for this so that everyone had more energy but now after reading your comments..hearing your passion for life...the numbers have gone completely out the window for each one of you have brought your own unique energy to the equation that's priceless....THANK YOU
In my world Birthday wishes can be made everyday of the year because it's a celebration everyday that your here to share this with.
So today I Celebrate being 44 and 1 day old.

Update to fix Google Bug for "It's My Birthday and my wish is for your wishes to come true!!"

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I am strong - fit and fierce - and no longer feel like I need to hide who I am. I suppose that may be why I am oddly fixated with the most recent album by Taylor Swift. Yeah, that's right, the Tool, APC, Puscifer and general rock music lover is oddly fixated by Tay-Tay and I am okay with that too. To be real, I love a lot of music, in general, and my only real requirement is that it makes me think or feel.

Anyway, on with the post...

So, since May of 2014, I have been working to get myself back in shape. Having surgery in 2013 was a wake-up call. I had a great series of interesting setbacks from leaving the crappy big box gym and dropping the over priced personal training, to a nice, small gym that makes me happy.

In being happy, I found awesomesauce support from bodybuilders, gym junk... more »

Most plusones: 317

I am strong - fit and fierce - and no longer feel like I need to hide who I am. I suppose that may be why I am oddly fixated with the most recent album by Taylor Swift. Yeah, that's right, the Tool, APC, Puscifer and general rock music lover is oddly fixated by Tay-Tay and I am okay with that too. To be real, I love a lot of music, in general, and my only real requirement is that it makes me think or feel.

Anyway, on with the post...

So, since May of 2014, I have been working to get myself back in shape. Having surgery in 2013 was a wake-up call. I had a great series of interesting setbacks from leaving the crappy big box gym and dropping the over priced personal training, to a nice, small gym that makes me happy.

In being happy, I found awesomesauce support from bodybuilders, gym junk... more »

"They taped over your mouth, scribbled out the truth with their lies." - Paramore

It isn't often that I shoot without makeup, but sometimes I do. I hear the debates about PS'ing and "catfishing", but it is art (for me, at least). I am not falsely advertising myself because I am trying to tell a story or convey some emotion.

I am not marketing myself or a product and selling it to be greater than it is.

Using my +Lensbaby , I wore no makeup and taped over my mouth to follow the lyrics and my vision for this creation. The flames were previously composed so they were added and texturized, blurred, and used for my framing - a play on that liar, liar (pants on fire) saying.

The final texture was that of brushstrokes to give it a painterly feel. Since I was playing off the whole art motif, I thought that seem... more »

Crush

"They taped over your mouth, scribbled out the truth with their lies." - Paramore

It isn't often that I shoot without makeup, but sometimes I do. I hear the debates about PS'ing and "catfishing", but it is art (for me, at least). I am not falsely advertising myself because I am trying to tell a story or convey some emotion.

I am not marketing myself or a product and selling it to be greater than it is.

Using my +Lensbaby , I wore no makeup and taped over my mouth to follow the lyrics and my vision for this creation. The flames were previously composed so they were added and texturized, blurred, and used for my framing - a play on that liar, liar (pants on fire) saying.

The final texture was that of brushstrokes to give it a painterly feel. Since I was playing off the whole art motif, I thought that seemed appropriate as well.

For me, it isn't about just "snapping a picture", it is about making something that visually says what I want to say.

Let's just say that I do not like being someone's click bait. I work damn hard to create my art projects, and I don't like false advertisement or someone trying to piggyback off of it. I don't mind my work being reshared without commentary since I write enough in my initial posting, and I certainly don't mind when props are given, but putting links for promotion and using my work as the "bait" just irks me.

This is what I posted as a comment on this reshare:

"If you are going to reshare my work, I would appreciate it if you would not post an advertised link to a Facebook page that has nothing to do with my work. That is my hard work and hours applying makeup to promote my own work and I do not appreciate it being used to click bait people into promoting an event planner that had nothing to do with this... more »

I Am Not Your Click Bait

Let's just say that I do not like being someone's click bait. I work damn hard to create my art projects, and I don't like false advertisement or someone trying to piggyback off of it. I don't mind my work being reshared without commentary since I write enough in my initial posting, and I certainly don't mind when props are given, but putting links for promotion and using my work as the "bait" just irks me.

This is what I posted as a comment on this reshare:

"If you are going to reshare my work, I would appreciate it if you would not post an advertised link to a Facebook page that has nothing to do with my work. That is my hard work and hours applying makeup to promote my own work and I do not appreciate it being used to click bait people into promoting an event planner that had nothing to do with this project.

"It won't last you forever. Sooner or later, I'll destroy it. Then I'll show you what the Zerg are really capable of. Oh, and by the way, Admiral, your friend Stukov was twice the man you are. I'm glad you saved me the trouble of killing him." - Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft)

Queen of BladesAfter the panelists weighed in for the month of July, it was decided that I would create a Kerrigan: Queen of Blades Makeup, and I got well under way to strategize the makeup and shoot.

For those of you who do not know about Starcraft or the infamous Sarah Kerrigan (a super badass of the franchise), here is her story:

Sarah Louise Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades who first appears as a twenty-six-year-old female Terran Ghost, a psychic trained both phys... more »

12 Months of Makeup

Makeup Number 6: July

"It won't last you forever. Sooner or later, I'll destroy it. Then I'll show you what the Zerg are really capable of. Oh, and by the way, Admiral, your friend Stukov was twice the man you are. I'm glad you saved me the trouble of killing him." - Sarah Kerrigan (Starcraft)

Queen of BladesAfter the panelists weighed in for the month of July, it was decided that I would create a Kerrigan: Queen of Blades Makeup, and I got well under way to strategize the makeup and shoot.

For those of you who do not know about Starcraft or the infamous Sarah Kerrigan (a super badass of the franchise), here is her story:

Sarah Louise Kerrigan, the self-styled Queen of Blades who first appears as a twenty-six-year-old female Terran Ghost, a psychic trained both physically and mentally as an expert espionage agent and assassin. Initially the second-in-command of Sons of Korhal, a revolutionary movement against the oppressive Confederacy of Man, she is captured by the insectoid Zerg and infested, turning her into a human/Zerg hybrid completely under the control of the Zerg Overmind.

She becomes one of the Zerg's most powerful agents, but during the Brood Wars, she replaces the Overmind following its destruction at the end of the great war, and gains control of the Zerg to seek dominance over the galaxy.

A girl forced into impossible circumstances and still overcomes to seek dominance over the galaxy? Yeah, that is why she just rocks!

For this makeup, I mixed a lot of Snazaroo greens, yellows, purples, white, and browns to gt the complex "mottled" look along with the various "infested pox" markings. After that, it was a simple shadow, lashes, and last looks before popping in my yellow contacts and dystopian dread wig since I just did not have the time to create any kind of carapace or beetle leg dread caps in a single month that I would be proud of.

What is it all about?At the start of the year, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February (and onward).

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote on the upcoming theme each month. All you have to do is say that you do, and you are added. Also, feel free to share ideas of makeups you wish to see me do.

How it works:The first of each month, I will share a list of concepts/themes for make up to the panelists circle to vote on.

There will be one full week to vote.

UPDATE: Since we have an abundance of ideas, we are now doing a fun voting death match so to speak. Certain themes go head to head until we reach a monthly winner!

After that week, the winning concept will be used in the month and the rest of the ideas go back into the pool for voting in the next month. During the winning concept/theme reveal, I will also ask for any new ideas.

At some point in the month, before the end, I will shoot the image and post it with the hashtag publicly for everyone to see.

At that time, people will also have time to join the panel if they wish by doing exactly what I asked this month.

If it catches on, I may even throw out some exclusive hang-out invites to panelists to watch me work my magic!

If I end up with any other rules or processes, I will add as I go, but for now...

"Sometimes a portrait is just a portrait, and sometimes you catch a glimpse of the soul." - Shantha Marie Fountain

Today I dusted off the Lens Baby Sweet 35. The fun part of this portrait was that I didn't do much in editing beyond evening the tones and adding a little texture. Sometimes... A little goes a long way.

#selfportrait #selfportraiture #SSP ﻿

No Razzle Dazzle

"Sometimes a portrait is just a portrait, and sometimes you catch a glimpse of the soul." - Shantha Marie Fountain

Today I dusted off the Lens Baby Sweet 35. The fun part of this portrait was that I didn't do much in editing beyond evening the tones and adding a little texture. Sometimes... A little goes a long way.

Daughter of IsisAfter the panelists weighed in for the month of June, it was decided that I would create a Cleopatra Makeup, and I got well under way to strategize the makeup and shoot.

The history of Cleopatra is a fascinating one; I know this will be a long read, but it is worth it to understand why I feel such a connection to her strength and tenacity:

Cleopatra VII ruled ancient Egypt as co-regent (first with her two younger brothers – in marriage - and then with her son) for almost three decades. She became the last in a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy, who served as general under Alexander the Great during his conquest of Egypt in 332 B.C. Well-educated and clever, Cleopatra could speak vario... more »

12 Months of Makeup

Makeup Number 5: June

"I will not be triumphed over." - Cleopatra

Daughter of IsisAfter the panelists weighed in for the month of June, it was decided that I would create a Cleopatra Makeup, and I got well under way to strategize the makeup and shoot.

The history of Cleopatra is a fascinating one; I know this will be a long read, but it is worth it to understand why I feel such a connection to her strength and tenacity:

Cleopatra VII ruled ancient Egypt as co-regent (first with her two younger brothers – in marriage - and then with her son) for almost three decades. She became the last in a dynasty of Macedonian rulers founded by Ptolemy, who served as general under Alexander the Great during his conquest of Egypt in 332 B.C. Well-educated and clever, Cleopatra could speak various languages and served as the dominant ruler in all three of her co-regencies. Her romantic liaisons and military alliances with the Roman leaders Julius Caesar and Mark Antony, as well as her supposed exotic beauty and powers of seduction, earned her an enduring place in history and popular myth.

Once ascended to the throne with her brother as a co-regent, a feud began and Cleopatra was forced to flee the capital. Meanwhile, Julius Caesar arrived at Alexandria in the summer of 48 B.C., and found himself drawn into the Egyptian family feud. For decades Egypt had been a subservient ally to Rome, and preserving the stability of the Nile Valley, with its great agricultural wealth, was in Rome's economic interest. Caesar took up residence at Alexandria's royal palace and summoned the warring siblings for a peace conference, which he planned to arbitrate. But Ptolemy XIII's forces barred the return of the king's sister to Alexandria. Aware that Caesar's diplomatic intervention could help her regain the throne, Cleopatra hatched a scheme to sneak herself into the palace for an audience with Caesar. She persuaded her servant Apollodoros to wrap her in a carpet (or, according to some sources, a sack used for storing bedclothes), which he then presented to the 52-year old Roman.

The image of young Cleopatra tumbling out of an unfurled carpet has been dramatized in nearly every film about her, from the silent era to a 1999 TV miniseries, but it was also a key scene in the real Cleopatra's staging of her own life. "She was clearly using all her talents from the moment she arrived on the world stage before Caesar," says Egyptologist Joann Fletcher.

Like most monarchs of her time, Cleopatra saw herself as divine; from birth she and other members of her family were declared to be gods and goddesses. Highly image-conscious, Cleopatra maintained her mystique through shows of splendor. Cleopatra had strongly identified herself with the goddess Isis, the sister-wife of Osiris and mother of Horus. (This was consistent with the ancient Egyptian tradition of associating royalty with divinity in order to reinforce the position of kings and queens. Cleopatra III had also claimed to be associated with Isis, and Cleopatra VII was referred to as the “New Isis.”)

Though Hollywood versions of her story are jam-packed with anachronisms, embellishments, exaggerations and inaccuracies, the Cleopatras of Elizabeth Taylor, Vivien Leigh and Claudette Colbert do share with the real queen a love of pageantry. "Cleopatra was a mistress of disguise and costume," says Fletcher. "She could reinvent herself to suit the occasion, and I think that's a mark of the consummate politician."

When Cleopatra emerged from the carpet—probably somewhat disheveled, but dressed in her best finery—and begged Caesar for aid, the gesture won over Rome's future dictator-for-life. With his help Cleopatra regained Egypt's throne. Ptolemy XIII rebelled against the armistice that Caesar had imposed, but in the ensuing civil war he drowned in the Nile, leaving Cleopatra safely in power.

After the assassination of Caesar, Cleopatra once again needed to solidify her grip on Egypt. Egyptian custom decreed that Cleopatra marry her remaining brother, Ptolemy XIV, but with her allied gone she had him killed to ensure she stayed in power. She also had her sister dispatched to prevent her son’s succession to the throne with her. Such ruthlessness was not only a common feature of Egyptian dynastic politics in Cleopatra's day, it was necessary to ensure her own survival and that of her son. With all domestic threats removed, Cleopatra set about the business of ruling Egypt, the richest nation in the Mediterranean world, and the last to remain independent of Rome.

What kind of pharaoh was Cleopatra? The few remaining contemporary Egyptian sources suggest that she was very popular among her own people. Egypt's Alexandria-based rulers, including Cleopatra, were ethnically Greek, descended from Alexander the Great's general Ptolemy I Soter. They would have spoken Greek and observed Greek customs, separating themselves from the ethnically Egyptian majority. But unlike her forebears, Cleopatra actually bothered to learn the Egyptian language. For Egyptian audiences, she commissioned portraits of herself in the traditional Egyptian style. In one papyrus dated to 35 B.C. Cleopatra is called Philopatris, "she who loves her country." By identifying herself as a truly Egyptian pharaoh, Cleopatra used patriotism to cement her position.

Cleopatra's foreign policy goal, in addition to preserving her personal power, was to maintain Egypt's independence from the rapidly expanding Roman Empire. By trading with Eastern nations—Arabia and possibly as far away as India—she built up Egypt's economy, bolstering her country's status as a world power. By allying herself with Roman general Mark Antony, Cleopatra hoped to keep Octavian, Julius Caesar's heir and Antony's rival, from making Egypt a vassal to Rome. Ancient sources make it clear that Cleopatra and Antony did love each other and that Cleopatra bore Antony three children; still, the relationship was also very useful to an Egyptian queen who wished to expand and protect her empire.

Though some modern historians have portrayed Cleopatra as a capable, popular Egyptian leader, we tend to imagine her through Roman eyes. During her lifetime and in the century after her death, Roman propaganda, most of it originating with her enemy Octavian, painted Cleopatra as a dangerous harlot who employed sex, witchcraft and cunning as she grasped for power beyond what was proper for a woman. The poet Horace, writing in the late first century B.C., called her "A crazy queen...plotting...to demolish the Capitol and topple the [Roman] Empire." Nearly a century later, the Roman poet Lucan labeled her "the shame of Egypt, the lascivious fury who was to become the bane of Rome."

After Roman tempers cooled, the Greek historian Plutarch published a more sympathetic biography. Cleopatra became a tragic heroine, with love of Antony her sole motivation. Over the next two millennia, countless paintings and dramatizations—including Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra and John Dryden's All for Love—focused on the fantastic details of her suicide after Octavian defeated Antony. We know almost certainly that Cleopatra, along with her two most trusted servants, killed herself on August 12, 30 B.C., to escape capture by Octavian. However, since the facts of her death were unclear even to the men who found the bodies, we will never know if it was the famous asp that killed the queen, or a smuggled vial of poison. The asp legend has prevailed, however, and the image of her death, more than anything else, gave Cleopatra immortality.

A woman who could reinvent herself, use her charisma to win over a nation that she was not truly born into, and used her talents to be successful in her 3 decades of rule.

This power manifests itself as anything from an enemy's equipment failure to hitting just the right switch with a stray shot to shut down an overloading nuclear reactor.

The makeup was pretty straight forward with a palette of golds, blues and teals. I used bronze contouring powders and also some soft highlighters to go for that Egyptian glow. I used the many makeups done for Cleopatra and paintings of Isis as inspiration for what I created in this challenge.

In processing, I wanted glamour AND I wanted to keep the old paintings and hieroglyphic/papyrus/vintage feel. There is a great deal of a bronzing and old/scratchy look to the overlays.

I think it was a pretty good success despite all that I had stacked up against me.

What is it all about?At the start of the year, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February (and onward).

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote on the upcoming theme each month. All you have to do is say that you do, and you are added. Also, feel free to share ideas of makeups you wish to see me do.

How it works:The first of each month, I will share a list of concepts/themes for make up to the panelists circle to vote on.

There will be one full week to vote.

UPDATE: Since we have an abundance of ideas, we are now doing a fun voting death match so to speak. Certain themes go head to head until we reach a monthly winner!

After that week, the winning concept will be used in the month and the rest of the ideas go back into the pool for voting in the next month. During the winning concept/theme reveal, I will also ask for any new ideas.

At some point in the month, before the end, I will shoot the image and post it with the hashtag publicly for everyone to see.

At that time, people will also have time to join the panel if they wish by doing exactly what I asked this month.

If it catches on, I may even throw out some exclusive hang-out invites to panelists to watch me work my magic!

If I end up with any other rules or processes, I will add as I go, but for now...

I know first hand how illnesses out of nowhere can put a family into chaos and financial strain. It is even harder when it affects our littles. Any help is appreciated!

I don't post much here but this is important! Please everyone take a look if you can﻿___I know first hand how illnesses out of nowhere can put a family into chaos and financial strain. It is even harder when it affects our littles. Any help is appreciated!

"Band-aids don't fix bullet holesYou say sorry just for showYou live like that, you live with ghostsIf you love like, that blood runs cold"

~ Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ~

The lyrics have been speaking to me over the last few weeks. I have seen some bad blood in my days. Whether with people or more recently with my last job, I remind myself that it doesn't last.

Petty apologies don't fix things, but what does fix things is not being present when the blood runs bad, or two parties that want to make amends come together to try and communicate for the sake of working things out.

Fight or flight?

Run if the relationship isn't worth it - forget about it and let it go - or fight for it if the relationship is something you can't live without.

"Band-aids don't fix bullet holesYou say sorry just for showYou live like that, you live with ghostsIf you love like, that blood runs cold"

~ Taylor Swift - Bad Blood ~

The lyrics have been speaking to me over the last few weeks. I have seen some bad blood in my days. Whether with people or more recently with my last job, I remind myself that it doesn't last.

Petty apologies don't fix things, but what does fix things is not being present when the blood runs bad, or two parties that want to make amends come together to try and communicate for the sake of working things out.

Fight or flight?

Run if the relationship isn't worth it - forget about it and let it go - or fight for it if the relationship is something you can't live without.

Someone said:

Just because someone has a problem, it doesn't give them the right to treat others like crap and have it excused away. They have to TRY to be better. It's not good enough to say "but this happened to me...."

Yup, I am a big time nerd on so many levels. I like Star Trek, Comics, Anime, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Coffee and Cat Humor, Techy Things, and so many other nerdy/geeky things. Getting the opportunity to take one of my favorite marvel characters into my art was super fun.

Over the last few days, I was able to edit and composite yet another shot from the series (below), and it definitely piqued my interest in creating a Heroes and Villians series....

So, stay tuned for those!!!

Enjoy! ♥

#12monthsofmakeup ﻿

Lucky Strike

Storm: Domino. I do not think I have met anyone who has so much to say -- about everything.

Yup, I am a big time nerd on so many levels. I like Star Trek, Comics, Anime, Sci-Fi, Star Wars, Coffee and Cat Humor, Techy Things, and so many other nerdy/geeky things. Getting the opportunity to take one of my favorite marvel characters into my art was super fun.

Over the last few days, I was able to edit and composite yet another shot from the series (below), and it definitely piqued my interest in creating a Heroes and Villians series....

"Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique". - Kevin Conroy

This is the image I created for the May Self Portrait Challenge: "The Traveler". +Lotus Carroll quoted Tolkien in the description, which said that "not all who wander are lost".

For part of this month, I truly felt lost. Sick, depressed, tired, feeling alone, and not knowing when it would all stop was keeping me from the quality of life I was so used to having. Now, that I am feeling better and getting back to being myself, I feel like I have this whole new journey I am embarking on. One thing positive about your entire world spinning upside down is that when it flips back to normal, those complacent routines can be dropped and you have the ability to start over and ... more »

Every Journey Has A Beginning

"Everyone is handed adversity in life. No one's journey is easy. It's how they handle it that makes people unique". - Kevin Conroy

This is the image I created for the May Self Portrait Challenge: "The Traveler". +Lotus Carroll quoted Tolkien in the description, which said that "not all who wander are lost".

For part of this month, I truly felt lost. Sick, depressed, tired, feeling alone, and not knowing when it would all stop was keeping me from the quality of life I was so used to having. Now, that I am feeling better and getting back to being myself, I feel like I have this whole new journey I am embarking on. One thing positive about your entire world spinning upside down is that when it flips back to normal, those complacent routines can be dropped and you have the ability to start over and reinvent how you want to be.

To embrace that sentiment, I chose to create an image for the challenge that feeling of beginning a journey - a starting point - into being a better and happier version of me.

Finally, it isn't to late if you would like to join in or just take a look at all the other entries for the challenge at: https://plus.google.com/u/0/events/c2ad484aim1v109e0e9rgmlqgh0

"Talking to Deadpool is like...I dunno -- It's like talking to someone who's being attacked by bees." - Neena Thurman

Project ArmageddonAfter the panelists weighed in for the next month, it was decided that April would be Marvel Character Make-Up, and I got well under way to figure out my concept/character, plan my makeup, and strategize the shoot.

April ended up turning into May because of the who c. diff infection, but it did give me so much time to go through my old comics while I was resting and recovering, plus I was able to research characters I wasn't as familiar with like the Lost Souls, Fixx, and others, and also look into some of my favorites like Boom Boom, M, Penance, Jinx and others. I even had time to see Age of Ultron for more insp... more »

12 Months of Make-Up

Make-Up Number 4: April / May

"Talking to Deadpool is like...I dunno -- It's like talking to someone who's being attacked by bees." - Neena Thurman

Project ArmageddonAfter the panelists weighed in for the next month, it was decided that April would be Marvel Character Make-Up, and I got well under way to figure out my concept/character, plan my makeup, and strategize the shoot.

April ended up turning into May because of the who c. diff infection, but it did give me so much time to go through my old comics while I was resting and recovering, plus I was able to research characters I wasn't as familiar with like the Lost Souls, Fixx, and others, and also look into some of my favorites like Boom Boom, M, Penance, Jinx and others. I even had time to see Age of Ultron for more inspiration.

I finally decided on a character that I really liked from my pre-tween-dom, Domino.

Domino was a B-A fighter with "luck" on her side. She was part of an experiment to create perfect weapons (Project Armageddon) making her a strong woman with the ability to subliminally and psionically initiate random telekinetic acts that affect probability in her favor by making improbable (but not impossible) things to occur within her line of sight. Basically, causing her to have "good luck" and her opponents to have "bad luck."

This power manifests itself as anything from an enemy's equipment failure to hitting just the right switch with a stray shot to shut down an overloading nuclear reactor.

Another of her many notable qualities is that she excels under pressure.

I feel like after the last two months, I have had some luck, I have had to be strong, and I have had to keep myself in check while under a lot of stress. She was the perfect choice.

The make-up was pretty straight forward with a Snazaroo "clown white' base and then the eye tattoo, which was black paint that I used blue and purple shimmer powders to create the dimension and highlights. To keep the comic book look alive, I used the black paint and black powders to create ink lines and shadows plus topped it off with a black wig, blue hair chalk, and my pinky paradise lenses.

In processing, I decided to keep it sketchy as well and composited a random free stock comic backdrop to the shot and a little smoke out of the barrel of my "gun".

I think it was a pretty good success despite all that I had stacked up against me.

What is it all about?Earlier in January, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February (and onward).

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote on the upcoming theme each month. All you have to do is say that you do, and you are added. Also, feel free to share ideas of makeups you wish to see me do.

How it works:The first of each month, I will share a list of concepts/themes for make up to the panelists circle to vote on.

There will be one full week to vote.

UPDATE: Since we have an abundance of ideas, we are now doing a fun voting death match so to speak. Certain themes go head to head until we reach a monthly winner!

After that week, the winning concept will be used in the month and the rest of the ideas go back into the pool for voting in the next month. During the winning concept/theme reveal, I will also ask for any new ideas.

At some point in the month, before the end, I will shoot the image and post it with the hashtag #12monthsofmakeup publicly for everyone to see.

At that time, people will also have time to join the panel if they wish by doing exactly what I asked this month.

If it catches on, I may even throw out some exclusive hang-out invites to panelists to watch me work my magic!

If I end up with any other rules or processes, I will add as I go, but for now...

Enjoy! ♥﻿

Special shout out to my panelists because I know I am late: June voting will begin on schedule!

So, when I began modding for The Art of Self Portraiture , I didn't know what to expect. I mean, I love portraiture and experimenting ideas through self portraiture, but how many people would like doing it too? Years later, I think I know that MANY people do.

One of our most awesomesauce sponsors is +SmugMug (Thanks +Katherine Cheng) and a perk of modding was getting this (ridiculously oversized on purpose) hoodie, which I have featured before; however, I wanted to create a little "tongue-in-cheek" image that is an update when I had short hair. The idea behind this is a gentle play on how they will have your back with unparalleled service and support.

This hoodie has been with me on countless cold days shooting nature, keeping me warm while I do complex face paints and make-ups, and it has covered me through life eve... more »

SmugMug's Got My Back

So, when I began modding for The Art of Self Portraiture , I didn't know what to expect. I mean, I love portraiture and experimenting ideas through self portraiture, but how many people would like doing it too? Years later, I think I know that MANY people do.

One of our most awesomesauce sponsors is +SmugMug (Thanks +Katherine Cheng) and a perk of modding was getting this (ridiculously oversized on purpose) hoodie, which I have featured before; however, I wanted to create a little "tongue-in-cheek" image that is an update when I had short hair. The idea behind this is a gentle play on how they will have your back with unparalleled service and support.

This hoodie has been with me on countless cold days shooting nature, keeping me warm while I do complex face paints and make-ups, and it has covered me through life events of all kinds.

I've had a rough go of it these last two months. I faltered on projects (which will be made up) and keeping up with life in general, but for good reason. The bacterial infection called clostridium difficile (or c. diff for short) was creating chaos in my intestines and it took a good long while for a diagnosis and a course of treatment.

I am normally a pretty patient person, but in this case, when sometimes I seriously wondered about my own mortality, I was truly losing my mind.

I fought hard with countless doctors to figure out what the hack was going on. You could possibly go so far as to say I was like a wolf hunting for prey (in my case, I was hunting for answers). Once I finally had an answer and a treatment in place, I felt a huge surge of relief. It was... more »

Being A Wolf

"Wolves don't lose sleep over the opinion of sheep" - My Shirt

I've had a rough go of it these last two months. I faltered on projects (which will be made up) and keeping up with life in general, but for good reason. The bacterial infection called clostridium difficile (or c. diff for short) was creating chaos in my intestines and it took a good long while for a diagnosis and a course of treatment.

I am normally a pretty patient person, but in this case, when sometimes I seriously wondered about my own mortality, I was truly losing my mind.

I fought hard with countless doctors to figure out what the hack was going on. You could possibly go so far as to say I was like a wolf hunting for prey (in my case, I was hunting for answers). Once I finally had an answer and a treatment in place, I felt a huge surge of relief. It was something that would not be chronic, and I would be able to go back to normal (as normal as I can be anyway).

During all this scary time of unknowing, I had moments to really evaluate what I am doing and what I want to do from this point forward. One thing I do not want to do is let things - silly, stupid things (and people - aka sheep) - get me down. Sheeple are gonna be sheeple (I don't think they will ever change) and I am going to be a wolf.

In an effort to institute some changes, I opted for a full length capture of myself, which I rarely do. I sometimes have a love/hate relationship with my body, especially when it comes to shots that are meant to be glamorous or flattering. It isn't that I don't love being me or in my own skin, but I am not a trained model and I am much better at seeing a vision of what I want, creating it through make-up or compositing, and usually those visions happen from the belly button and up.

I also left out the make-up and any sort of costumes or props. In this #SSP image, you simply get me in what I would wear (and how I would look) on any given Sunday.

"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." - Henry David Thoreau

This posting will probably not win me any friends or followers, but that is okay. We are all entitled to our opinions and experiences and for me, one of the reasons I used to be excited to log into social media was for the friendships, the learning, and the community that it held.

Google to a larger degree was a definitive place for me to hone my craft, build up my skill sets, and just make good art.

Over the last few months, whenever I log into my social media accounts, I see more advertising and promotion rather than simply the art or education that I had become accustom to. It is actually one of (not all) the reasons I am not as present. I want to log in when I have good art to share. I don't necessarily want to see mediocre images or people posting art as adv... more »

Money

"Wealth is the ability to fully experience life." - Henry David Thoreau

This posting will probably not win me any friends or followers, but that is okay. We are all entitled to our opinions and experiences and for me, one of the reasons I used to be excited to log into social media was for the friendships, the learning, and the community that it held.

Google to a larger degree was a definitive place for me to hone my craft, build up my skill sets, and just make good art.

Over the last few months, whenever I log into my social media accounts, I see more advertising and promotion rather than simply the art or education that I had become accustom to. It is actually one of (not all) the reasons I am not as present. I want to log in when I have good art to share. I don't necessarily want to see mediocre images or people posting art as advertising either.

I do understand that some people make a living by photography or art, in general, but when the promotion is without substance and is only being done to gain 'popularity or internet fame', it becomes rather boring.

As a way to put my thoughts together for an artistic piece, that also works as my entry for the AoSP April Challenge of Wet; I used my ring light, water in a bathtub, almond milk, and money (I had a barrier of tape between my mouth and that five dollar bill because money is gross) to illustrate my vision of selling out.

This is not a posting to sound callous or mean, it is simply how I feel towards art and especially my own; I make it because there is some idea or message I want to make or some sort of challenging fun I want to have.

"Change is not overcoming inertia as much as it is redirecting, guiding, tweaking what already is and what has already happened. We must believe that we can make choices and that those choices can alter the future." - Max McKeown﻿

Foreign Soil

"Change is not overcoming inertia as much as it is redirecting, guiding, tweaking what already is and what has already happened. We must believe that we can make choices and that those choices can alter the future." - Max McKeown﻿___

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. - Coco Chanel

After the panelists weighed in for the next month, it was decided that March would be Vintage Victory Rolls, and I got well under way to figure out my concept, plan my makeup and obviously hair, and strategize the shoot.

Since victory rolls are kind of self-explanatory, I didn't have to research much except for a few different ways to wrap them up based on my own hair length. In addition to that, I referenced some starlets from the 1940's to get an idea on how I should rock the make-up. I opted for a softer, simpler look since the hair would take center stage.

Once I had the look, I had to think of how I wanted to shoot it.

I decided to kill two shots with one session by creating my mult... more »

12 Months of Make-Up

Make-Up Number 3: March

In order to be irreplaceable, one must always be different. - Coco Chanel

After the panelists weighed in for the next month, it was decided that March would be Vintage Victory Rolls, and I got well under way to figure out my concept, plan my makeup and obviously hair, and strategize the shoot.

Since victory rolls are kind of self-explanatory, I didn't have to research much except for a few different ways to wrap them up based on my own hair length. In addition to that, I referenced some starlets from the 1940's to get an idea on how I should rock the make-up. I opted for a softer, simpler look since the hair would take center stage.

Once I had the look, I had to think of how I wanted to shoot it.

I decided to kill two shots with one session by creating my multiplicity shot for AoSP challenge, and also a nice close-up glamour shot for this project. In both, I wanted to stick to a very vintage look all the way down to the processing.

I think it was a pretty good success.

What is it all about?Earlier in January, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February (and now March onward).

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote on the upcoming theme each month. All you have to do is say that you do, and you are added. Also, feel free to share ideas of makeups you wish to see me do.

How it works:The first of each month, I will share a list of concepts/themes for make up to the panelists circle to vote on.

There will be one full week to vote.

UPDATE: Since we have an abundance of ideas, we are now doing a fun voting death match so to speak. Certain themes go head to head until we reach a monthly winner!

After that week, the winning concept will be used in the month and the rest of the ideas go back into the pool for voting in the next month. During the winning concept/theme reveal, I will also ask for any new ideas.

At some point in the month, before the end, I will shoot the image and post it with the hashtag #12monthsofmakeup publicly for everyone to see.

At that time, people will also have time to join the panel if they wish by doing exactly what I asked this month.

If it catches on, I may even throw out some exclusive hang-out invites to panelists to watch me work my magic!

If I end up with any other rules or processes, I will add as I go, but for now...

Some of you know me as the lady who does crazy make-ups and sometimes fancy portraits of myself; however, sometimes I get asked if I really do it all. Do I do the make-up? Do I do the hair? Do I really set my own lighting? And, do I really get it all done by myself?

The answer is YES!

I thought, for the AoSP March Challenge Multiplicity shot, I would play off that theme of doing it all while creating my #12monthsofmakeup Victory Roll look.

I struggled with the look because foolishly I forgot hairspray lol, but once the hair was done, the make-up was simple and classy to match the 1940's era.

Very soon I will have the actual image processed for that project, but for now...

Some of you know me as the lady who does crazy make-ups and sometimes fancy portraits of myself; however, sometimes I get asked if I really do it all. Do I do the make-up? Do I do the hair? Do I really set my own lighting? And, do I really get it all done by myself?

The answer is YES!

I thought, for the AoSP March Challenge Multiplicity shot, I would play off that theme of doing it all while creating my #12monthsofmakeup Victory Roll look.

I struggled with the look because foolishly I forgot hairspray lol, but once the hair was done, the make-up was simple and classy to match the 1940's era.

Very soon I will have the actual image processed for that project, but for now...

Get them while you can! Limited Edition Prints from the wonderful, and ultra talented +Rachel Tine!

Rose -Very Important – Please Read

For those of you who don’t know, I was married once, and I have a beautiful and awesome 5 year old son from that ill-fated union. Due to abusive behavior, I won my divorce in 2012, and have been raising my son on my own ever since. In that time, I have earned my Bachelor’s degree in psychology and have started to get my freelance photography business off the ground. However, my ex-husband stopped paying his court-ordered child support 3 months ago, and in that time I have spent much of my savings while trying to expedite the process of building a financially viable photography business and providing for my son. In an attempt to stay afloat while I put the pedal to the metal with photography, I have decided to offer my first limited edition print sale. For this sale, I will be offering only 10 copies each (after which I will never print the image again) of any of the abandonment prints on my website (racheltinephotography.com/abandonments/), any of the images from my first published magazine editorial (racheltinephotography.com/beauty-portraits/), and the image featured in this post, which was just published on Vogue Italia’s website. All photographs will be printed on Kodak Endura Luster paper; the prices for this limited edition print sale are as follows:

8x12 - $5010x15 - $7512x18 - $10016x24 - $120

Payments can be made through PayPal to racheltine@gmail.com; please be sure to indicate the name and size of the print that you are purchasing, as well as your mailing address. Non-limited edition prints of other images are available at lower price points; shoot me an email at racheltine@gmail.com for more info. Thank you in advance for your support. <3 <3 <3

Now, on to your regularly scheduled programming:

For #halfnekkidthursday , #tbt , and for #lyricallyinspired from +Jason Jakober, +Tara Romasanta, +Amanda Recker and me, here’s a song to accompany a shot from my first time shooting a model (Lauren Arsenault) in an abandoned building:

#TheNational

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ef1nJWtkprU

“Today you were far awayand I didn't ask you whyWhat could I sayI was far awayYou just walked awayand I just watched youWhat could I say

How close am I to losing you

Tonight you just close your eyesand I just watch youslip away

How close am I to losing you

Hey, are you awakeYeah I'm right hereWell can I ask you about today

How close am I to losing youHow close am I to losing.”

Thank you for your constant encouragement and support; I’ve grown so much since joining this community, and I look forward to what the future has in store! :)﻿___Get them while you can! Limited Edition Prints from the wonderful, and ultra talented +Rachel Tine!

Multiplicity... The more the merrier... More of you to love... Me, myself, and I...

Take part in the fun challenge for March; the details are below in the original share!

This is the Event for our March Self Portrait Challenge: Multiplicity. What this means is create a self portrait where you appear in the image multiple times (2 or more, your choice). Get creative and think up an interesting scene you can use this effect on and then make your image.

Here is where you enter your ONE Multiplicity Self Portrait. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST March 31st, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.

Tips & Inspiration

There are several different ways to go about achieving this effect. In camera, you can use a long exposure and move around. Alternately, you can use post processing to create multiples in an image. Photoshop is most widely considered in this type of editing, but other programs can also be used to achieve effect, such as Gimp.

For those with no experience with creating "multiplicity" images with post processing, here are a few resources to help you get started:

Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)

There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.

At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)

Please Remember These Rules:

*Enter Only Your Own Work*Enter Only ONE Photo*Only SELF PORTRAITS*Must adhere to this month's theme.*Photo Must Be Taken in March 2015 (EXIF data must reflect this)*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact*Circle Our Prize Sponsors*No Trickery or Spamming*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿___Multiplicity... The more the merrier... More of you to love... Me, myself, and I...

Take part in the fun challenge for March; the details are below in the original share!

After the panelists weighed in, it was decided that February would be Alice: Madness Returns, and I got well under way to figure out my concept, plan my makeup, and strategize the shoot.

I did extensive research on various concept art and character models from the game. Finally, I made the decision to mix the classic Alice skin with the Hysteria Mode. I opted for some fun in the simpler make-up and costuming and then finished the rest of my artistic vision with some Photoshop magic.

What is it all about?Earlier in January, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelis... more »

12 Months of Make-Up

Make-Up Number 2: February

Madness Is Not A State of Mind... It's A Place.

After the panelists weighed in, it was decided that February would be Alice: Madness Returns, and I got well under way to figure out my concept, plan my makeup, and strategize the shoot.

I did extensive research on various concept art and character models from the game. Finally, I made the decision to mix the classic Alice skin with the Hysteria Mode. I opted for some fun in the simpler make-up and costuming and then finished the rest of my artistic vision with some Photoshop magic.

What is it all about?Earlier in January, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February.

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote on the upcoming theme each month. All you have to do is say that you do, and you are added. Also, feel free to share ideas of makeups you wish to see me do.

How it works:The first of each month, I will share a list of concepts/themes for make up to the panelists circle to vote on.

There will be one full week to vote.

After that week, the winning concept will be used in the month and the rest of the ideas go back into the pool for voting in the next month. During the winning concept/theme reveal, I will also ask for any new ideas.

At some point in the month, before the end, I will shoot the image and post it with the hashtag #12monthsofmakeup publicly for everyone to see.

At that time, people will also have time to join the panel if they wish by doing exactly what I asked this month.

If it catches on, I may even throw out some exclusive hang-out invites to panelists to watch me work my magic!

If I end up with any other rules or processes, I will add as I go, but for now...

I created this for a few reasons. One, it was from my time with +The Traveling Shirt ; two, it went with something I had contemplated doing when I got the #pinkshirt ; three, it went with a #lyricallyinspired shot I had been planning to the song The Heart Wants What It Wants; and lastly, because the theme for the AoSP February Challenge was Love Is...

For me, once you have love, and a true love (whether spousal, family, parent-child bond), you don't let it go. What I mean by this is that you work at it. It won't always be easy, but it will always be worth it.

Namaste loverlies! ♥

Link to the Eventhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cnj6tc8rk41g1f642jt8kccsa2s

Now, here is the low down on the challenge from the words of +Lotus Carroll :

I created this for a few reasons. One, it was from my time with +The Traveling Shirt ; two, it went with something I had contemplated doing when I got the #pinkshirt ; three, it went with a #lyricallyinspired shot I had been planning to the song The Heart Wants What It Wants; and lastly, because the theme for the AoSP February Challenge was Love Is...

For me, once you have love, and a true love (whether spousal, family, parent-child bond), you don't let it go. What I mean by this is that you work at it. It won't always be easy, but it will always be worth it.

Namaste loverlies! ♥

Link to the Eventhttps://plus.google.com/u/0/events/cnj6tc8rk41g1f642jt8kccsa2s

Now, here is the low down on the challenge from the words of +Lotus Carroll :

This is the Event for our February Self Portrait Challenge: Love Is...There is always quite a divide in feelings about Valentines Day out there, and about Love in general, and we figured that we'd let you guys battle out your feelings about that here on the "Self Portrait Stage" for this Challenge.

Is Love Cruel? Is Love Kind? Is it something else? What is love? Let's see how you can conceptualize this with your self portraits!

Here is where you enter your ONE Self Portrait with a "Love Is..." theme. Your photo must have been captured during this month. This Event remains open until 11:59 CST February 28th, so you have until then to create and enter your best photo from this month. (The dates on the Event are truncated, but you can submit a photo anytime, all month long.) Please read all rules (scroll down). Not adhering to rules will get you disqualified.

Inspiration

Moderators of the Art of Self Portraiture Community are not eligible to win, but we'll be putting our photos into the Event in the hopes that you'll be inspired.

I've thrown some of my own self portraits that would loosely fit this theme into an album here: http://goo.gl/zZHbNG

Here are search results for "love self portrait" on Flickr, a great place to view fine art photography, especially self portraiture: http://goo.gl/LkptQc

If you have questions or need help, please pop into the Community http://goo.gl/M7XTQ and ask away! We have categories for questions and discussion and are happy to help with anything.

Please circle these sponsors - we love their products and services and it's great that they support our learning and growing together. Having them circled is a requirement to be a winner. :)

There will be 4 winners. 1st place winner selects choice of 4 prizes, and also has their image take the place of the current Avatar for The Art of Self Portraiture Community. 2nd place selects choice of 3 remaining prizes. 3rd place selects choice of 2 remaining prizes. 4th place receives the remaining prize. Winners must respond within 24 hours of being contacted or new winners will be chosen.

At the end of the month, the Owners and Moderators of The Art of Self Portraiture Community will vote on the submissions and choose Finalists, and then 1st, 2nd, 3rd, & 4th place winners. Please note that this is subjective (art always is!) and so we'll be basing our votes purely on our own opinions. Everyone who enters a photo is already a winner, of course. :)

Please Remember These Rules:

*Enter Only Your Own Work*Enter Only ONE Photo*Only SELF PORTRAITS*Must adhere to this month's theme.*Photo Must Be Taken in February 2015 (EXIF data must reflect this)*Can Only Win Once Every 6 Months*Winners Must Respond Within 24 Hours of Contact*Circle Our Prize Sponsors*No Trickery or Spamming*We Reserve The Right To Remove Entries/Participants for Misconduct*Anything Outside Guidelines/Rules Disqualifies A Participant﻿___

I have been a little absent from the Goog-sphere recently, but not because of any love lost; it is because I am working hard in the gym to complete a 90-day challenge. I am eating well, lifting heavy, rocking the 5x5s, and staying super busy.

In honor of making it to the halfway point - day forty-five - I thought I would share the side-by-side from Day 1 to Day 45 for #webcamwednesday with the awesomesauce +Isabelle Fortin

Enjoy beasties! <3﻿

Halfway Through

I have been a little absent from the Goog-sphere recently, but not because of any love lost; it is because I am working hard in the gym to complete a 90-day challenge. I am eating well, lifting heavy, rocking the 5x5s, and staying super busy.

In honor of making it to the halfway point - day forty-five - I thought I would share the side-by-side from Day 1 to Day 45 for #webcamwednesday with the awesomesauce +Isabelle Fortin

This was actually a very simple make-up to fit a versatile set of costume changes from #thepinkshirt to black dress attire.

What is it all about?Earlier in January, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February.

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote ... more »

12 Months of Make-Up

Make-Up Number 1: January

This was actually a very simple make-up to fit a versatile set of costume changes from #thepinkshirt to black dress attire.

What is it all about?Earlier in January, I polled a few friends about new project I wanted to start called #12monthsofmakeup and what they thought. It was then that +Ralph Uy added it might be fun to let a group of willing panelists (aka anyone who wanted to join in on the circle) choose and vote on the concept for the next month.

So, I asked for anyone interested to to make a comment stating their interest as well as ideas to go into the idea pool for February (as I had January already planned), and I received a few responses as well as ideas for February.

Now, I want to invite anyone publicly to join the group, if you wish, to share ideas and/or vote on the upcoming theme each month. All you have to do is say that you do, and you are added. Also, feel free to share ideas of makeups you wish to see me do.

How it works:The first of each month, I will share a list of concepts/themes for make up to the panelists circle to vote on.

There will be one full week to vote.

After that week, the winning concept will be used in the month and the rest of the ideas go back into the pool for voting in the next month. During the winning concept/theme reveal, I will also ask for any new ideas.

At some point in the month, before the end, I will shoot the image and post it with the hashtag #12monthsofmakeup publicly for everyone to see.

At that time, people will also have time to join the panel if they wish by doing exactly what I asked this month.

If it catches on, I may even throw out some exclusive hang-out invites to panelists to watch me work my magic!

If I end up with any other rules or processes, I will add as I go, but for now...

I am strong - fit and fierce - and no longer feel like I need to hide who I am. I suppose that may be why I am oddly fixated with the most recent album by Taylor Swift. Yeah, that's right, the Tool, APC, Puscifer and general rock music lover is oddly fixated by Tay-Tay and I am okay with that too. To be real, I love a lot of music, in general, and my only real requirement is that it makes me think or feel.

Anyway, on with the post...

So, since May of 2014, I have been working to get myself back in shape. Having surgery in 2013 was a wake-up call. I had a great series of interesting setbacks from leaving the crappy big box gym and dropping the over priced personal training, to a nice, small gym that makes me happy.

In being happy, I found awesomesauce support from bodybuilders, gym junk... more »

Cause darling I'm a nightmare dressed like a daydream.

I am strong - fit and fierce - and no longer feel like I need to hide who I am. I suppose that may be why I am oddly fixated with the most recent album by Taylor Swift. Yeah, that's right, the Tool, APC, Puscifer and general rock music lover is oddly fixated by Tay-Tay and I am okay with that too. To be real, I love a lot of music, in general, and my only real requirement is that it makes me think or feel.

Anyway, on with the post...

So, since May of 2014, I have been working to get myself back in shape. Having surgery in 2013 was a wake-up call. I had a great series of interesting setbacks from leaving the crappy big box gym and dropping the over priced personal training, to a nice, small gym that makes me happy.

In being happy, I found awesomesauce support from bodybuilders, gym junkies, fellow healthy ladies and lady lifters, and the like, which have helped me with direction and friendship while on my fitness journey.

This shot was about sticking a knife in the old and fiercely taking my life by the horns. I am the controller of how I am, and I rather like it these days!

I love to inspire people to go beyond their comfort zones to find a realness and true-ness within themselves. I make art, write words, and create things to act as a vehicle for that kind of inspiration. I do this sort of thing in the virtual world as well as in the real world.

Even more so now in the real world with my crazy workout schedule and fitness challenge. It has become infectious and people are joining with me, and asking me for my opinions on things.

On that note, it has given me a lot more confidence in myself to be who I am, and say what I want to say. Live the way I want to live. By nature, I am calm and lead a pretty peaceful existence, but one thing that does bother me is my shadow.

This shadow started following me in 2009/2010 and has tried ... more »

There Can Be Only One Me

“I am a rare species, not a stereotype.” ― Ivan E. Coyote

I love to inspire people to go beyond their comfort zones to find a realness and true-ness within themselves. I make art, write words, and create things to act as a vehicle for that kind of inspiration. I do this sort of thing in the virtual world as well as in the real world.

Even more so now in the real world with my crazy workout schedule and fitness challenge. It has become infectious and people are joining with me, and asking me for my opinions on things.

On that note, it has given me a lot more confidence in myself to be who I am, and say what I want to say. Live the way I want to live. By nature, I am calm and lead a pretty peaceful existence, but one thing that does bother me is my shadow.

This shadow started following me in 2009/2010 and has tried to add itself to many things I have put myself in. Attaching itself to friends I have made and so on. Most recently, I have had to block IPs and privatize a lot of my life because I just want to be free of this darkness.

It has been a good move and it has filled me with a great amount of satisfaction to step out from behind that shadow to be me. I have found a new-found sense of freedom; like a bird let loose from a cage. I spoke about it some on other social media sites, but I just don't feel like I need to sensor my mouth or my emotions towards anything because I am more confident and happy this way.

One of my favorite quotes says it best:

"You own everything that happened to you. Tell your stories. If people wanted you to write warmly about them, they should've behaved better." - Anne Lamott

Behave well, and you will never fear what anyone has to say about you, and if you are worried about what someone might say, then behave better! ;)

Without further ado, I present my entry to the "Faceless" AoSP January Challenge.

This year has been interesting, to say the least. I have seen a lot of good and even seen my share of bad times. I graduated with my digital design degree and I have had lots of changes at work. People have come into my life and some have left - some have even left their mortal coils.

Still, joy is a very personal thing.

I rejoice in knowing those who have passed, and I feel joy for all the things I have accomplished this year. I have become quite serious about my health and taken to strength training and weight lifting; this is something I plan on expanding in the upcoming year as well.

These are the types of things that make me glow.

Each of us are different, though. It was actually quite difficult for me to come up with something that I thought would emote happiness in such a way that befitted me.

This year has been interesting, to say the least. I have seen a lot of good and even seen my share of bad times. I graduated with my digital design degree and I have had lots of changes at work. People have come into my life and some have left - some have even left their mortal coils.

Still, joy is a very personal thing.

I rejoice in knowing those who have passed, and I feel joy for all the things I have accomplished this year. I have become quite serious about my health and taken to strength training and weight lifting; this is something I plan on expanding in the upcoming year as well.

These are the types of things that make me glow.

Each of us are different, though. It was actually quite difficult for me to come up with something that I thought would emote happiness in such a way that befitted me.

I thought of taking pictures with my daughter, since she makes me happy; I thought of even holding images of my family since they are also another place for joy with me, and then finally it hit me today.

Creating something from nothing is one of my most happy outlets. So, I pulled a few of the holiday decorations out, did a smokey beauty makeup, and then began fashioning a head piece and harness to allow me to create the image you see.

It is joyful glamour because it made me happy to create - it encompassed my favorite elements of photography and design.